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IN THE

COUNTY OF DERBY

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Ibietor^ 8i Xegen^s

BY THE

Rev. Charles Kerry

Lafg Editor of the ^^ Derbyshire Arc fusological Journal" ; Author of
^^ History of St. Lawrence's, Reading," etc,, etc.

''©atbct up tbc fragments . . . tbat

notbing be lost*'

LONDON
BEMROSE & SONS LIMITED, 4 SNOW HILL, E.G.

AND DERBY

1905

6v cT'i-'S-i-- 11^
/

Arthur Radford, Esq*

OF BRADFIELD HALL, BERKS., WHOSE EARLIEST

ASSOCIATIONS WITH HIS ANCESTRAL HOME

CAN NEVER BE EFFACED, THIS LITTLE

BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

BY ONE WHOM TIME WILL

SOON RESTORE TO ALL

HE HOLDS MOST

DEAR

preface

It has been said that a "parish is a county
in miniature, and that the history of one is
the history of all." To endeavour the
complete history of a parish would be a
very serious undertaking. I have not attempted

it, because it could not be done. Sir Walter
Raleigh was a great but unfortunate man.
He wrote the History of the World in his
prison. My little book has been written in
a sick room, chiefly from notes made years
ago, when Smalley in many ways wore an
old-world aspect — with its old houses, its
aged people full of legends and tales of
their fathers, only too pleased to relate
them, a population from the ancient home
stock — each man carrying on the trade of
his fathers, all combining to supply almost
every local need. It is very different now.

Vll

viii Preface

Very few of the old standards are left, and
the place naturally can have but little interest
to the new settlers who are mostly employed
at the neighbouring coal mines.

The last thirty years have witnessed a
marvellous change in Smalley. The com-
mencement of its decline dates from the
beginning of the present long agricultural
depression. Fifty years ago there were no
less than twenty different occupations in the
village ; now, there are about seven. Once
it was difficult to get out of the sound of
the stocking frame; now, only one or two
silk looms are left. There is no inducement
for an enterprising youth to remain in the
place: he hastens to populous centres, where,
unfortunately, too often he finds there is
no employment for him.

The good condition of the roads, and
the near accommodation of the railways are
detrimental to the shopkeepers, for the
people, more for the love of excitement and
change than for economy, carry their custom
from home, while the importation of so much

Preface i x

foreign flour has silenced the murmur of the
mills.

Let us hope the time may once more
arrive when our land, may again produce
its teeming harvests, and our villages may
rejoice in peace and plenty ; each man, as
it were, " sitting under his own vine and
under his own fig tree " ; and, above all,
the fear and love of God in every household;
for that is the true secret of all real
prosperity.

As will be seen, the account of the
original church of Smalley has occupied a
considerable portion of the book; some may
think too much ; but it has passed away
for ever, and although the particulars given
were collected nearly fifty years ago, it was
not too soon, for then there were only three
persons living who had seen the old structure,
and only one (who had been blind for fifty
years) who could give me any detailed
description. It was a happy moment, and
opportunely seized, and the author is more
than gratified that he has been enabled to
furnish so full an account of the former

X Preface

village church, for the satisfaction of present
and future generations.

The author desires gratefully to acknow-
ledge his obligation to Arthur Radford, Esq.,
for the loan of his ancient deeds and
evidences; to the Vicar, the Rev. T. B.
Charlesworth, and the Rev. C. Boden,
Rector of Morley, for the ready access to
the church registers. The great charm of
this book, however, consists in its beautiful
illustrations, for which we are indebted to
Robert Sacheverell Wilmot - Sitwell, Esq.,
Rev. Degge Wilmot-Sitwell, Mrs. Sacheverell
Bateman, Arthur Radford, Esq., Alfred
Swingler, Esq., J. P., and Sir Alfred
Seale Haslam, M.P., of Breadsall Priory,
as well as the Publishers, and the writer
desires here to express his sincere thanks
to them for their interest in this work.
Nor can the Author forget many of the
dear old villagers, who, in years past, supplied
so much legendary and local matter, of
whom his heartfelt aspiration is ''Requiem
cBternam dona eis Domine"

Preface xi

I am also more than indebted to the courtesy
of Sir Henry H. Bemrose, but for whose
generous assistance this book, considering my
present infirmities, could h^irdly have been
presented to the public.

CHARLES KERRY,
Late Rector of Upper Stondon, Beds.

Contents

Introduction ....
Notes on the Domesday Account of

Sm ALLEY

The Old Church

The Modern Church .

Memorials

The Church Registers

Classification of Inhabitants, 1798

Curates of Smalley .

Charities —

Dame Godith's Dole .
Sacheverell Almshouses
The Boys' Endowed School
The Colliers' Gift — Richardson's

Charity ....
James' Charity
Rev. Francis Gisborne's Charity
Poor's Cottage

Benefit Clubs ....

Page
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46

51
54
58

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65

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Contents

The Girls* School
The Baptist Chapel
*' Smalley Farm"
Sm ALLEY Hall
The '' New Barn," 163
Smalley Mill
Windmills
Roads .

Parish Gates
The Stocks .
The Village Green

KiDDESLEY OR KiDSLEY

Sacheverell Tenants in Kidsley

The Old Sacheverell Estate
Smalley

Stainsby ....

MoRLEY Manor

Diary of Mr. Joseph Moss

Pretender of 1745-6 .

Assize Rolls . . .

MoRLEY Races

Place Names . .

Index .....

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135

137
141

Xist of Jllustrations

Church of S. John Baptist, Smalley

Stone — Obverse, Reverse

Norman Window {etching)

Painted Window, Smalley Church .

Jacinth Sacheverell's Almshouses, Morley
Manor

Tomb of Jacinth Sacheverell .

Jacinth Sacheverell, Esq.

Abbot of Chester's Lease of "Smalley Farm'

Smalley Hall (East Side)

Seal of Chester Abbey .

Stainsby House, Smalley (N. View)

Stainsby House, Smalley (S. View)

Morley Manor, Smalley .

John Radford, Esq., J. P.

Frontispiece

Facing Page
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Smallev

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Smalley is a parish in Derbyshire, the centre
of which lies about six miles N.E. of Derby
on the Derby and Mansfield Road. It is
bounded by the parishes of Morley (of which
it was originally a township), Horsley, Denby,
Heanor, Shipley, Mapperley, and Stanley, and
includes the ancient district of Kiddesley.

It has an area of 1,717^ acres, and at the
last census (1901) contained a population of
1,062. The parish was formed into a separate
Ecclesiastical District in 1880, although it was
in possession of a church and a priest at the
Domesday survey in 1086.

The name " Smalley " signifies a " small
lea " or pasture, and the parish once formed
part of a wide extent of woody pasture-land
indicated by the names of the parishes and

2 Sm ALLEY

townships adjoining, six of which (see preceding
page) end in '* ley''

In the Manuscript Commisstoners^ Reports^
II, 105, mention is made of a Saxon
charter preserved in Wales by which King
Ethelred II., in a.d. 1009, conveyed Morley,
Smalley, and Kidsley, with some other places,
to '' Morkarer If this was the famous
Earl who was associated with his brother
Earl Edwin in their patriotic resistance to
the Conqueror, he would have been at least
ninety years old when released from his
prison in Normandy by Rufus on his accession
in 1087, ^t the request of his dying father.
However this may be, Smalley and Kidsley
were among the possessions of Algar, Earl of
Mercia, their father, in the time of Edward the
Confessor,^ and Algar was the son of Leofric
and the Lady Godiva of Coventry fame.

1 The Earls Edwin and Morkare, sons of Algar, Earl
of Chester, finally took refuge, with many others, in the
Isle of Ely — that last refuge of Saxon patriots. Here, in
A.D. 1 07 1, Morcar was induced under false pretences to
surrender himself to William. No sooner was this done,
than the Conqueror imprisoned him at Beaumont, in
Normandy. His brother. Earl Edwin, hastening to his
rescue, was slain in Yorkshire, with twenty knights, near
the North Sea, by the Normans, who carried his head to
the Conqueror, and he is even said to have been moved
to tears at the pitiable end of this brave man. —
V, Thierry /., 260.

Smalley 3

The account of Smalley in Domesday is
most interesting. This wonderful survey of
England was completed in 1086. Made for
purposes of assessment, the particulars were
taken on the oaths of the principal inhabitants,
and from it there was no appeal. It formed
the great feudal Rent Roll of the country.
Turning to the Royal Manors of Derbyshire,
we find the particulars of Smalley and Kidsley
under the head of Weston, but quite on the
opposite page to the account of Weston itself,
and, moreover, the introductory part of it is
written in the margin opposite the last three
Hues of the story of Walton, with which it was
not connected. What is it doing here? The
solution is evident. The last three lines of
the Walton account were inserted there by
mistake, for they belonged to Smalley, and
this is confirmed by a strong line drawn
across the margin after the third line of the
Walton details. Here, then, is the full account
(translation) :

** Bn Meston are two parts of two carucates :

an& (n Smalley an& * Chiteslel * (Kiddesley) four
bOVateS^ (So far in the margin.) XCbCrC iS a

Cburcb an& a priest an& a mill of vi» viijN

4 Smalley

an& a bun&re& an& tort? acres of mea&ow*
Moo&:*pasture tbrougb tbe place seven tur*
longs in lengtb an& five furlongs (n wt&tb*
IDalue (n tbe time of fi&war& tbe Confessor,
£vi; but now £i/'

A bovate or oxgang was about eighteen
acres, or about as much as a couple of. oxen
might plough in a season ; a carucate {a
Norman name) was considered to be about
twenty-five acres. This was but another name
for the Saxon " oxgang " or ploughland, but
these old measurements seem to have varied in
different localities and under peculiar conditions.

Botes on the Bomesbaig
Hccount of SmaUei2

Zbc TKaoob^paeturee*

Beginning at Smalley Mill brook and
proceeding by the " Rose and Crown " Inn to
Heanor Gate, the highway appears to have
separated the cultivated lands — for the most
part on the left hand — from the Domesday
wood-pastures, or commons growing timber, on
the right. It is interesting to note in passing
that all the present woods are within the area
of the old commons: e,g,, Swinehill Wood,
Kyte's Rough, Smalley Wood, Manchester
Wood, and the old Heanor Wood. Un-
doubtedly they were of larger extent than at
present, and might be considered almost as one.
Domesday records that these wood-pastures
were sewn furlongs in length (they were quite
that), and five furlongs in breadth. The word
translated " furlongs " is " quarentence!'

6 Sm ALLEY

Those portions of the woods nearest the
village would be the first to be cleared, and
first tilled. The ground occupied by the
present woods seems never to have been under
cultivation.

Among these woody glades the various droves
of pigs, sheep, and kine found pasturage. One
surviving name speaks very forcibly of this early
condition of the parish — **The Swiuebill," the
name of the high ground south of the " Green."
From it may be obtained one of the most
beautiful and enchanting views in this part of
the county. It was, no doubt, the favourite
resort of the Saxon swineherd when Domesday
was compiled, famous for its mastage which the
oaks and beeches provided. Time and the
axe have levelled the old trees on Swinehill, but
there still remains one in the Kerry pasture
of the old Green Farm, whose early pliant
boughs were tossed by the same breezes which
swept over Swinehill then. For centuries the
now lifeless trunk — grey, knotted, and hollow
— has braved the storms; indeed, it seems to
have taken a new lease of life, for the old
stem is being gradually embraced by an
external growth, as if to protect its parent
from destruction. The feet of sheltering
cattle have trodden a hollow around it, and

Smalley 7

it stands in its isolation a relic, perchance,
of a forest which was a link between the
forests of Yorkshire and Arderne.

formerly ** Kites Rough,'' on the east side of
Swinehill, derives its name from its uneven
ground. At present the timber is comparatively
young. It lies between the latter and

©mallei? Moob*

This is termed " The Wood " in a quaint
Latin entry in the Register of 1635, which
records that on the 23rd of December in that
vear Thomas Warre was buried in the church-
yard: that he became insane on the 20th of
the same month, and was found dead in the
wood on Saturday night.

Anno 161 7 April 3. Elizabeth the daughter of
Edward Allen was baptized; y* same Edward Allen
dwelling in Smalley Wood, — Morley Register,

'' riDancbeeter Moob'^

is threaded by the carriage drive between
Smalley and Shipley. This takes its name
from the Manchester family, who resided in
the parish in 1662. Thomas Manchester,
apparently the head of this family, was

8 . Smalley

buried in 1671. The timber is of no great
antiquity.

Ibeanor Moob,

existing in 1681, is now a thing of the past.
The name indicates a position near Heanor
Gate, evidently on the Richardson (late
Housley) Farm.

"Anno 1681, April 9. Thomas Coates of Heanor
Wood was buried " (at Smalley). His wife was taken
away a few months before him : — ** Feb. 2 1679 Mary
Coates of Heanor found dead in this liberty buried at
this chapel."

applied to the Smalley Mill district, clearly refers
to a wood between Horsley Park and the
Smalley Mill Road. The '' Coppice- Dumble "
wood may be a relic of it.

At the " Coke Yards " (included in this
district) were ovens for the production of
charcoal, and a few years ago large cinder
beds remained near the little homestead and
farm formerly occupied by John Fletcher.^

^ Son of William Fletcher and Mary (Hodgkinson) his
wife, of Pentrich Common, ancestors of the Fletchers
of Ripley, Mapperley, etc., but not connected with the
Fletchers of Horsley and Woodhouse Lane, who from
their frequent use of " Oliver " may have been of the
Old Makeney stock.

Smalley 9

One of these coke heaps was removed at
the formation of the new road between
Smalley Mill and Coxbench, when a silver
coin of Edward the Fourth's reign, about
the size of a florin, was discovered, March
23rd, 1863. It was given to the Rev. Hervey
Wilmot-Sitwell, at whose expense the road
was formed.

The old woods on the slopes of the
Swinehill were undoubtedly consumed by the
Smalley Iron Works once existing near the
site of the old half-timbered farmhouse at
Smalley Green (the author's birthplace),
erected about 1540, and removed to a more
central position on the farm in 1861. A
vast quantity of fine old oak came out of
it, and much was again employed in the
construction of the new buildings near the
" Rose and Crown." Some of the gables
within the garret were used in the construction
of the Avenue Lodge in Woodhouse Lane.
The old house had traces of barge boards
fastened to the ends of the purlins at the
gables, and a crocketted pinnacle about six
feet long maintained its hold almost to the
last at the west end of the kitchen. The
brook below the old house contained many
slags of half-molten cinders, which may be

I o Smalley

there still; and beneath the upper part of
both orchard and garden are beds of them,
about two feet beneath the surface. The
little croft containing the two pools near the
culvert was always called " The Woodyard^'
and there (no doubt) the timber dragged from
the surrounding hills was deposited for these
early ironworks.

Tradition reports the existence within the
last two centuries of twelve fine holly trees
known as " The Twelve Apostles " on the
high common land near *' Morley Manor," the
seat of Mrs. Sacheverell Bateman.^

1 For this information I am indebted to the late
Mr. John Brown, the elder son of Henry Brown and his
wife Sarah, sister of Samuel Potter, butcher, of Morley,
the father of Mr. Joseph Potter, of Stanley Hall, and his
brother Isaac, formerly of Smalley, and later of Park
Hall Farm, Mapperley. The Browns lived at the little
farm opposite Swinehill Lane, now tenanted by
Mr. John Wright. Deep gullies in the plantation close
by, indicate the tracks of the Old Derby and Mansfield
road before the hills were lowered in 1833, and the
culvert constructed.

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The most important and interesting of the
Domesday items is the mention of a church
at Smalley in 1086, having a priest to serve
therein. This is very satisfactory, but there
was a church at Smalley on the same spot
long before that.

At the formation of Mr. Henry Richardson's
grave, a little to the S.W. of the present
structure, in 1862, an oblong gritstone was
found nearly three feet in length, and about
two feet in width, bearing on one side a
very rude incised cross, with the shorter limb
placed across the other, and on the other
a device like a classical label with a triangular
lappet at each end. It has very strong
features of the period of the decline of the
Roman Empire, and is certainly the earliest
Christian memorial I have yet seen in this
county. Soon after its discovery, the stone
was greatly reduced in size to fit a stone
framing, and was placed at the junction of

1 2 Smalley

the new with the old burial ground. It has
been recently brought into the church for its
better preservation. No need to say, it is
the greatest antiquarian treasure Smalley
possesses. {See plate,)

In the year 1794, the parish suffered an
irreparable loss in the demolition of its ancient
church — not one stone was left upon another.
But there was no one then to admire its
beauties, or cherish its sacred associations,
and but for the efforts of the writer about
1855, it would have passed into utter oblivion.
By a happy inspiration, he visited all the
oldest inhabitants to glean what he could
from them, and one was found^ whose early
recollections, after a blindness of fifty years,
had not been effaced by subsequent events,
and whose descriptions were most consistent
and satisfactory.

Three or four fragments of the ancient
edifice were found in the foundation of the
apse of 1794, on the erection of the new-
chancel in 1865. The earliest of these had
formed half the head of a narrow {Early
English) doorway, carved about 1240. The
author made a sketch of it before it was

1 Mr. Joseph Oldknow. (He died December 7th, 1858,
aged 79.;

Sm ALLEY 1 3

placed in the foundation of the present chancel.
The outer splay, was eleven inches, the
soffii or under surface of the arch eight
inches ; against this the door closed ; there
was no rebate, but a somewhat obtuse arch
above the door within.

Two more stones, which had formed heads of
separate muUions, with attached and correspond-
ing tracery, forming the top of a centre light,
were discovered near the former. There was
one very remarkable feature about these ;
the two placed together shewed a segment
of a semi-circular arch. The top of them
was chiselled quite smooth, as if for insertion
beneath an arch already existing, shewing no
connection with any voussoirs, which would

not have been the case had the tracery been
coeval with the arch. It was very customary in
the fifteenth century to insert Gothic tracery
in the wide Norman windows : the north
transept and other parts of Winchester Cathedral
afford numerous examples.

The early '' coffin lid " [sketched in the
plate with the Norman window) also came
out of the apse of 1794. It was discovered
by the author among the; debris removed from
the church, brought back, and placed by his
instrumentality in the new chancel within,.

14 Smalley

where it may be seen in the south wall. It
is of the eleventh century, and measures about
2 ft. 6 in. in length.

The old church consisted of tower, nave,
porch, and chancel.

The tower was square, and not much higher
than the nave. The two bells were suspended
in a square wooden chamber at the top, painted
white, and perforated with circular sound holes.
There was no western door, and the interior
of the tower was open to the church through
a round-headed archway.

The nave had a carved open timbered
roof {see below) covered with slabs of oak.
It was lighted by five windows, three on the
south side, one of which lay west of the
porch. There was a small window between
the tower and the south-west corner. The
tops of all the windows were " curved," and
there were pillars or shafts with capitals
** close to the glass" on each side. ** Curious,
btit rather rough and T^de carving went
round the arch'' — '^ front shaft to shaft '"^
(perhaps chevron-yfjorky as in many Norman
buildings) — a very valuable piece of evi-
dence, and quite conclusive if there was no-
other.

Mr. Oldknow felt almost sure the chancel

Smalley 1 5

window had a wooden frame. It was divided
into six panels, he said, by a transome.^

'' Most of the windows, except the chancel,
had stained-glass in them, much like the glass
at Morley, but there was more yellow than
any other colour. The little window on the
gallery had a coloured border, with plain
glass in the middle."

This account of the glass is admirable,
and from it we may gather that it was of
the " Perpendicular " style or school, and
coeval with the inserted tracery. The
application of the yellow stain came into
use about 1380, and by 1450 had become
the prevailing tone; the heavier tints of the
Decorated period having fallen greatly into
abeyance.

The porch had no outer door. It was
quite open, and there were stone seats on

1 Mr. Oldknow is no longer accessible, or the writer
would consult him further about this old chancel window,
for the author is strongly of opinion that the window he
has restored in his drawing was once at the cast end:
and as these tracery stones were found recently at the
east end in the foundations of the apse of 1794, he is
compelled to think that the builders of the apse would
naturally pick up the nearest stone among the debris of
the original chancel lying round about them for their
new foundation. Any side windows in a Norman chancel
of a proportionate size would be but as mere loopholes
compared with the east window (of Mr. Oldknow's
implied dimensions).

1 6 Smalley

each' side. It was three or four yards
square. The doorway inside had a round
top, and the door itself was thick and
heavy, and covered with big-headed nails;
and the iron bands were ornamental.

(An old Public Notice of 1784 about the ^^New
Inclosures,^^ once fastened to this door, will be found in
this book. It is now in the possession of Arthur Radford,
Esq.)

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Mr. Oldknow's description of the original
font, near which he used to sit when a boy,
was very graphic and clear. Many of
the old fonts in this country have survived
through all the changes, additions, mutila-
tions, and reconstructions of the original
fabrics. Examples of this may be seen at
Wilne, Kirk Hallam, and Somersal Herbert.
At this latter place a band of ornamental
work (perhaps like that at Smalley), sup-
ported by interlacing arches on flat shafts in
low reUef runs round the top. " The bowl of
the Smalley font was large and circular, and
was capable of containing from sixteen to
twenty gallons of water. The bottom was
dished," but whether there was a drain or not
Mr. Oldknow did not know. Round the

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Sm ALLEY 17

top, at the outer verge, ran a " curiously
ornamented band, about six or seven inches
wide," but the pattern of it could not be
remembered. " Towards the bottom, the
bowl curved inwards." (The Norman font
at Youlgrave does the same.) "At the top
of the pillar on which the bowl rested, was
a roundel, about one-and-a-half to two inches
wide. The font was covered with a flat lid
raised by a bowed handle." The pedestal of
the font was forgotten.

The manner in which our afflicted friend
gave his evidence was very striking and
intelligent; he even came to the table, and,
with his finger, traced a section of the
exterior, and spoke with singular and earnest
definition. His evidence may not be doubted
for one moment, nor is there any necessity,
for there could be no motive for any imposition,
had there been the ability. His description
of the font is thoroughly in accordance
w^th the types of Norman fonts existing.

•Root

On the destruction of the gallery in 1794
a fine oak " tie beam " of the Perpendicular
era {c, 1450) was discovered beneath the
flooring. It was moulded on both sides

1 8 Smalley

with parallel roundels, and a deep corres-
ponding cavetto on each side ran throughout
its length. These hollows contained single
oak leaves and bosses, from two to three
feet apart, and the work was of no inferior
quaUty. It may have been about six yards
long, but was too much decayed for any further
use. Fortunately, the author saw this relic
on its way to Mr. Allen's woodyard, Smalley
Mill. It was not arched or curved, but
quite straight.

Numerous interments had taken place in
the nave, as will be seen in other parts of
this book, but Mr. Oldknow remembered
only three memorials — two slabs with small
brass plates, to the Richardsons^ (one of
1744, both of which are preserved), and
another stone bearing the name of " Madam
Tatam." (The author has not met with the
burial record in the Register, but this lady
is probably the one referred to in the will
of Mrs. Elizabeth Richardson [8th January,
1757] ^s "My cousin Rebecca Tatam

1 A few years ago facsimiles of these two plates in
brass were erected at the East end of the nave, but the
recent introduction of gas has destroyed the face of these
brasses, and the inscriptions are now illegible. The same
remark applies in some degree to the other mural brasses
in the church. (See Monuments.)

Smalley 1 9

living with me at Smalley, in consideration
of long and faithful service and friendship
I bequeath to her the farm at Dalbury
Lees." This trifling circumstance shews the
accuracy of Mr. Oldknow's observations, for
this corroboration of " Madam Tatam's "
existence only came to hand in March, 1905.)

On the east wall, above the chancel
arch were two slates on which the Ten
Commandments were painted or engraven,
and above them the " Royal Arms'' Below,
on each side the arch, were the two
" Benefaction Boards " recording the parish
charities — probably too much decayed to be
suspended in the new building, or they
might with great propriety have adorned
its bare, whitewashed walls.

The chancel contained a plain communion
table of oak, and two high-backed chairs of
the same material. The altar-pace was only
one step above the level of the nave.

Twice in the year the poor's bread was
piled on the altar, and distributed, after
service, to the needy parishioners.

Four funeral garlands of paper were sus-
pended from the tie-beams in the nave;
two near the chancel-arch, and two about
the ceijtre.

20 Smalley

3nventon?'of tbc Cburcb (Booba at
©mallei?, ®ct 4tb, Hnno 6 £bw&, lD3n

a.D. 1552.

" Lately " (writes Thomas Fuller, the Church historian)
"information was given to the King's Council that much
costly furniture which was embezzled might very
seasonably and profitably be recovered; for men's private
halls were hung with altar cloths; their tables and beds
covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlids.
Many drank at their daily meals in chalices; and no
wonder. if, in proportion, it came to the share of their
horses to be watered in rich coffins of marble. And as
if the frst laying of hands upon them were sufficient title
unto them, seizing on them was generally the price they
paid for them. Now, although four years were elapsed
since the destruction of colleges and chantries, and much
of the best church ornaments was transported beyond
the seas, yet the Privy Council thought this very gleaning
in the stubble would richly be worth the while, and that
on strict inquisition they should retrieve much plate in
specie, and more money for moderate fines of offenders
herein. Besides, whereas parish churches had still many
rich ornaments left in the custody of their warders, they
resolved to convert what was superfluous or superstitious
to the King's use. To which purpose commissions were
issued out to select persons in every county."

What Church goods were left after this
first state robbery of 1548 were designed for
the necessary celebration of the services after
the Reformation, and the impoverished stock

Sm ALLEY 2 I

which was left remained in use more or less
until 1552 (the date of our Smalley Inventory),
when the second clearance took place to
augment the empty coffers of the young
king and his hungry unscrupulous officials.
It was in this very year that the second
Prayer Book, which nullified the ornaments
rubric of the first {i.e., of 1548-9), came in
force, and it wo,uld seem from the coincidence
of dates and the prompt action of the covetous
court, that the few ornaments that were left
were " embezzled " ^ by the King, as if the
sacrilegious agents had a mutual understanding
with the revising Divines of that period.
As, however, the Smalley silver had been
transformed into pewter, and the old

^ " Embezzled " — a retaliation ; for church gcx)ds
having been once offered and dedicated to God, neither
belong to the King nor the Commonwealth. " The powers
that be are ordained of God," but they are only guardians
to preserve the things of God for their hallowed purposes,
and not to appropriate them for their own or other uses.
They may not "rob God." The churchwardens of
St. Lawrence's, Reading, foreseeing the fate of their
church goods, having no less than 604 oz. of silver-plate
belonging to the church, forestalled the State plunderers,
and rather than that their consecrated treasures should
fall into their hands, and perhaps be profaned at some
Belshazzar's feast, sold them to a London goldsmith for
;£93 3S- 3cl. for paving and repairing the streets, and
discharging the debts of the church incurred by
Reformation alterations. The sales took place in 1538,
1544, and 1547. — Kerry's Hist, of St. Lawrence's, p. 117.

2 2 SmALLEY

vestments had become rags, the relics of
the ancient goods were hardly worth carrying
away. The first ornaments rubric was
re-instated by EHzabeth, again abolished, and
finally restored in 1662. It is now not only
consonant with early ecclesiastical custom, but
part of the common and statute law of
England, being the last legal enactment.

In the year 1561, the property which
belonged to the

©mallei? Cbauntrp

was granted to Sir George Howard. It con-
sisted of one acre of land called ^^ Bag got
Ryddyngl^ which had been left to the church
for sustaining a lamp. It is described as
being bounded on the west by a footpath, and
on the east by a spring called " Sandy-wellT
(This was an old spring now drained, a
few hundred yards south of Stainsby House
and a little north of the footway between
Baily Croft and Woodhouse Lane.) Besides
this were two cottages, as well as three crofts
called " Ferneley,'^ " Horsleys," and " Rogreve,"
then let for 5s. per annum. The property
was given for the maintenance of a priest
at Smalley. It is very probable that this
Smalley Chauntry was founded by John
Stathum at the time he founded his Chauntry

Smalley 2 3

at Morley (making also similar provision at
Breadsall Priory), because the elaborate nave
roof at Smalley, the Perpendicular tracery
in the earlier Norman windows, and the
painted glass, "much like that at Morley,"
are all evidences of the bounty of some
influential benefactor during his time.
(Addit. MSS,, 6675, BriL Mm.)

3nventori? of 1552*

Smalleg, ©ct : 4* XEboma^ Sutton, Curett

tj iBtBll beU6*

j vestment of arene ^glfte, & Ij of wbgtte
tufte wttb albes & 'parreUs tberto
bellnagtna*

j Cowpe of wbi?tte fusteon^
ij ♦ ♦ ♦ alter clotbi?5-
tij towells*

j corpora^ clotb wttb tbe case*
tj crosses of brasse*

j ban5 belL

\ sacrtnd bell,
tj cruetts of pewter.

j si?rples.

Cburcbwarbene' Hccounte.

The early church accounts have long been
lost. The late Mr. W. T. Barber had the
custody of those which remain, commencing

24 Smalley

about 1770. The following are a few of the
more interesting details: —

"1776, Glazing Loft-window, 4*^."

" i777> July 12. Paid for bellropes 2^ 3*^."

" 1790, Paid Christopher Shaw for a pair of Bellropes 4^"

[The two old bells were probably recast by " Thomas
Mears of London" into the present one in 1797.]

" Paid Isaac Rowbottam to paint the Figure Board — 10* o^^

"1778 Paid for the Sun Dial i^ 2^"

[This was attached to a wooden post in the church
yard opposite the porch.]

" 1 781 Paid for washing the surplice & scowering the

pewter 3^ 6^."

[On the presentation by the late Mrs. Mary Buttle
Radford of the Sheffield silvered vessels, the pewter ones
were presented to John Riley, the clerk, and after his
death Hannah, his widow, gave the quasi flagon to the
author. The chalice was a two-handled cup, and the
flagon was a common pewter quart measure. This has
been given to the Rev. T. B. Charlesworth. John Riley
died December, 1865 ; and his widow, November, 1869.]

" 1784 May I. Paid for 3 yards of serge at i* 4^ for

the communion table 4^ o*^."

[In extenuation, it should be remembered that the
bread for the poor was occasionally piled on the Holy
Table !]

"1785 Oct. 10. Paid to the ringers 2^ 6<^."

"1785 Feb. 18. For boarding chapel roof. 3* o**."

" 1787 Ringers to drink. 2^ 6^."

" ,, Nov: 25 Paid for fencing & paving before the

porch 2^ 4<^."

" 1789 Mending & painting the weather cock, i^ 7*^."

[Mr. Samuel Brown, " W/iiiawer" of Smalley, whose
harness shop was nearly opposite Baily Croft gate, told

Smalley 25

the author in 1850, that, when a youth, standing on the
Baily Croft footpath, he levelled his gun at this old
weather cock, and put a bullet through the tail. It was
certainly a wonderful shot, but it must have happened
immediately before the tower was removed. He died
unmarried 3rd May, 1869, aged 88 years.]

" 1 791 Samuel Rogers mending a bell, 8^."

[Samuel was the village " whitesmith " and blacksmith.
In 1800 he became parish clerk. He died in 1841.]

It is related that after a wedding at the Hall, Sam made
his appearance, hoping Mr. Radford would "please to
remember the ringers," laying great stress on the last
letter. " Ringers," said the squire, " why, who are "they ? "
" Why, sir," said Sammy, " there's me, and old Sammy
Rogers, and th' parish clerk, and th' pinder."

Sam and old Joel the tailor were neighbours and great
friends. The latter was mine host of the " Dog and
Duck," and a very fair performer on the violin, but
without much musical memory. Sam, however, could
pick up a tune directly, and Joel was never so pleased as
when the blacksmith could accompany him anywhere to
score some new music, which Joel would practise under
Sam's guidance at home. Printed music was expensive
in those days, and money scarce, and in this way local
talent flourished, in spite of disadvantages.^

Joel was an excellent tailor, and Mrs. Theophila
Radford used to say that " he could mend a torn coat so

1 The author has in mind another native of Smalley,
who, without a single lesson, and in spite of every obstacle,
acquired remarkable proficiency in sculpture, as well as
in oil painting both of landscapes and portraits; indeed,
some of his paintings possess very considerable merit ;
yet there was none to lend a helping hand, or give him
the least encouragement. He was of a very modest and
retiring disposition, and found more relief in the quiet
cultivation of his talents than in the popular recreations
of his time.

26 Smalley

well that nobody could find the place afterwards." Joel
married his second wife at the age of seventy, though not
without a precedent: —

" 1 7 14, April 14. Thomas Woodward of Smalley and

Mary Turner of the same parish were married,

the said Thomas aged eighty- four.^^ — (M or ley

Sequel — " 17 14, Dec' 15, Thomas Woodward buried" (the

year of his nuptials^ — (^Smalley Register^
" 1 7 15, Oct' 26 Kirkman Bayley of Breadsall and Mary
Woodward of Smalley married^ — {M or ley Register,)
" 1794 Jan. 23. At a vestry meeting held this day it
was agreed to advance upon the parish account the sum of
S^£> towards the rebuilding Smalley Chapel. It is also
further agreed that every landholder who keeps a team,
will do a day's teamwork towards canning materials for
that purpose.

"At the same time it was agreed that the Parish of
Smalley give to John Radford a piece of land lying at
^<^Zgl^ Gate — ^about half an acre, & a few perches — also
the sum of ii;£ 7* o, being money recovered from a
Bond of Joseph Bradbury's in exchange for two houses
situate near the School yard in the village of Smalley
one now inhabited by Catharine Liggate.

" Signed John Radford (Esq.).

John Weston {Old Bell Inn),
Job Turton {Smalley Green Farm),
Will. Housley ),^,., ,
Will. Carrington [ (^^^^^^>')-

John Else {Heanor Gate Farm),
Jno. Carrington.
Thos. Martin {^ The Closes^),
Sam^ Barber {Holly Mount),
Rich^ Kerry {White House Farm.y

XTbe ^obetn (Tbutcb

The building, as it appeared in 1850, was
erected in 1794, and was constructed exactly
on the site of the ancient church, though
the old floor was at least eighteen inches
below the present level. It had a semi-
circular apsidal chancel removed for the
present one in 1865. On the south side
were three ugly gaping windows, and on
the north side two; all glazed with square
panes. They were round topped, and, if
they had any character at all, might be
supposed to be Doric. The only entrance
was at the west end, and above the door
just below the ceiling level, was a circular
window with glazing radiating from a
" bull's-eye " in the centre.

A small porch with a handsome Norman
doorway was erected at the west end by
Miss Eliza Wilmot-Sitwell about 1850, which
still remains, but is disused save for a

quasi belfry.

28 Smalley

Of the internal arrangements little can be
said. The pulpit, entered from the reading
pew, was at the north-east corner of the
nave. It had a well-made sounding-board,
with a well-designed radiating star of
marquetry work beneath. Below the reading
desk was the clerk's place, followed by the
square Stainsby pew and the christening seat,
not quite so large. Here, close to the aisle,
was the font, carved in 1784 by James
Brown, elder brother of Samuel the saddler.
It has recently been removed to the mission
chapel on Smalley Common,^ a new font
having been presented in 1856 by Mr.
Anthony Kerry in memory of his only
daughter. In this enclosure was a small
fireplace with the iron register safe inserted
on the west side of it, to keep the books
dry, but located unmindful of the danger.
Oddly enough the same safe occupies an
analogous position in the present vestry. (A
new safe has just been provided).

On the south side, beginning at the east
end, came the Radford pew, the site of
which is now occupied by the choir stalls.

1 Recently established there by the Rev. T. B. Charles-
worth, the present vicar. A good effort greatly needed,
and so far very successful.

Smalley 29

and next, westward, a large seat assigned
to the Mundys of Shipley, in consideration
of their estate in the parish. The rest of
the pews were high, narrow, uncomfortable
pens, the backs of the seats rigidly
perpendicular, and the doors of the selfish
exclusive type, some even furnished with
locks! Across the west end stretched the
inevitable gallery, occupied by the boys'
Sunday school (the girls being accommodated
on a long row of benches down the middle
of the stone-floored aisle). The men servants
from Stainsby, and the old instrumental
choir with " all kinds of musicl^ conducted
by Mr. Samuel Ottewell, occupied the front
seats. In the centre panel of the gallery
front, a contrivance of three wooden rollers
with ten facets, each with their numerals,
enabled the clerk to ascertain the Tate
and Brady Psalms determined by the choir.
The Rev. Henry Moore was the first to
introduce modern hymns.

The gallery stairs were honeycombed on
each side by old Jonathan Beniston's spiked
crutches, and although Jonathan could not
read, he considered himself a valuable
addition to the choir, contributing a sort of
drone bass accompaniment to the melodies.

30 Smalley

after the style of a bagpipe " chanter." At
his funeral, and by his desire, his favourite
hymn was sung round his coffin placed on
a table at the door, but by some oversight
he was carried to his last resting-place head
foremost {teste John Riley), Poor Jonathan
received his last "pay" from the Colliers'
Charity March 25th, 1820.

His good old partner Martha was famous
for her preparation and sale of " Cow -he els
and Tripe,'' a dainty dish much in demand
in those trying times by the poor. She died
in October, 1785.

Two large pews under the gallery were
usually occupied by the cottagers; that on
the north by the farmers' men servants, and
that on the south by the women; a few
red cloaks occasionally relieving the monotony.

In 1844, two square transepts in the
Norman style were added to the nave, and
were a great addition to the plain Doric
chapel; but in 1862 both of these were
removed, and the present aisles substituted
by the liberality of the late Mrs. Radford,
who also in 1865 added the present chancel.
She was a liberal supporter of every good
work in the parish, and the improved
condition of the village church remains an

Smalley 3 1

unmistakeable witness of her zeal for the
sanctuary. I may add that the organ was
mainly her gift, and was erected at a cost
of about ;^200.

A stone pulpit from Rolleston, lately
presented to the Rev. T. B. Charlesworth,
has been erected in the place of the old
one.

ni>emodal6

The monuments in the church are neither
numerous nor imposing.

[There is no memorial to Smalley's greatest
benefactors — John and Samuel Richardson,
Esquires, founders of the Boys' School, the
latter also the donor of the Colliers' Charity.
The school is receiving an annual bonus of
;^i98 15s. 8d., and the latter of ;^68 13s. 4d. ;
altogether a yearly sum of £2^"] 9s., the
gift of these good men. Surely the village
is not unmindful nor ungrateful. John
Richardson, a bachelor, the elder of the two
benefactors, was buried May 22nd, 1720,
and Samuel was interred January ist, 17 19
(modern date). Both of them lie near the
chancel step, about the end of the Radford
vault. Smalley must not forget these good
old churchmen.]^

^ Three fine portraits of Mr. Samuel Richardson are in
the possession of Arthur Radford, Esq., of Bradfield Hall,
Berks., and another is at Carnfield Hall, Alfreton, the seat
of Vaughan Radford, Esq., another descendant of the
Benefactor, all painted, no doubt, for the four eventual
co-heiresses.

Smalley 33

A brass plate behind the pulpit
commemorates the pastorate of thirteen years
of the Rev. Will. Bradshaw. {See Curates.)

In the south-east comer of the nave are nine
memorials to the Richardson- Radford family.

I. — William Richardson, died February
1 8th, and buried February 21st, i74f
{brass). {Son of Samuel, the School
Founder.)

2. — Elizabeth Richardson, his daughter
died February 27th, 1744 {brass).
(Both nearly obliterated. The original
plates were formerly on the floor, a
little east of the centre of the nave).

3. — Elizabeth, relict of William Richard-
son, died 1763 {marble).

4. — (John Radford, senior {marble).

5. — (Theophila Radford, his wife {marble).

6. — [John Radford, junior, died March

29th, 1866, aged 68 years {brass).
7. — [Mary Buttle Radford, his widow,
, died August ist, 1882 {brass).

8. — John Radford, their eldest son, ob.
24th January, 1855 (brass).

9. — Charles Radford, William and Rose,
three children {brass).

34 Smalley

In the south aisle {mural) —

John Huish, Esq., sometime tenant of
Smalley Hall {brass, illegible).

A mural tablet of black marble commemorates

Anthony Woodward, late of Heanor, ob,
September 22nd, 18 18, aged 88.

Elizabeth, his wife, died January i6th,
1803, aged TT.

A memorial window with figures of
S» H)iuma, a Scot ; first Bishop of Repton,
and the first to bring the Gospel to
Saxon Derbyshire.
S* Jobn JSapttSt, to whom the church is
dedicated (a favourite Norman invo-
cation) ;
S» Cba&t the Jirst Bishop of Lichfield, and
the fourth Bishop of the Midlands
after Diuma. This window was
designed and wholly executed by
the author (when Rector of Upper
Stondon, Beds.), in memory of
his beloved parents,

Samuel and Elizabeth Kerry.
The former died December 21st,
1882, aged 82, and the latter,
March 19th, 1869, aged "]"].

Painted Window, Smallev Church.
Designed and exeettted by the Author.

Smalley 35

The font was presented by the late Mr.
Anthony Kerry, in memory of his only
daughter, Sarah Kerry, who died January
30th, 1856.

The author regrets to say that since the
introduction of gas for lighting the church,
the sulphureous fumes have nearly obliterated
all the brass memorials. A great loss. This
is by no means the only instance fallen
under the writer's observation of the
destructive agency of gas on church
memorials. A compound of equal tin and
copper would be a good metal substitute
under the circumstances, but a periodical
cleaning with a suitable detergent, would,
in this case, be the simplest remedy ; and
the thought of John and Samuel Richard-
son's kindness should keep them bright as
long as the Endowed School and the
Colliers* Charity exist in Smalley.

Zbc Cbutcb IRegtetets

As Smalley was formerly a chapelry in Morley
Parish, its position was subordinate, and
its relation seems almost to be reflected in
the condition of the Registers; they are not
in such good preservation as the Morley
Books, nor yet always of parchment. A
transcript of the fourth was made many
years ago, but this is on poor paper, and
is now much worn. The whole of them,
both of Morley and Smalley, have been
recently transcribed by the author, and these
copies on strong hand-made paper are now
in the possession of Sir H. H. Bemrose.
It is better that the transcripts should be
kept apart from the originals, for their better
preservation, so- that in case of accident to
the one, the other set may reasonably escape.
The following is a list of them: —

No. I. A.D. 1623 to 1641.

No. 2. A.D. 1655 to 1696.

No. 3. 1696 to 1749.

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No. 4. 1749 to 1786.
No. 5. 1786 to 1812.
No. 6. 1777 to 1 81 2 — Marriages only.

The following extracts from the oldest
register are the more interesting as having
particular reference to the ancient church: —

" 1627 Robbertt James Buried in Smaley Chancell on
Wednesday beeing the 26*^ of September 1627."

" 1628 Thomas Ellott of Kydsley, in y« Bodye of y*
Chappell att Smaley, in y^ parish of Morley,
Buried, Friday, being the xii November, 1628/' —
Morley Register.

" 1632 Jane Hasserd dau : of James Hasserd of Kidsley
Parke Buried in Smaley Chappell yard, the eight
of Julye by Ed : Aston curate Denbiae."

" 1632 Thomas Smeeton theld^ of Kidsley Buried in the
He betwixt the Chansell and the Arche^ of the
Chappell of Smaley on the 11^*^ of December."

[The only instance the author has found of
the sacred monogram so appended in any
register.]

" 1618 March 17. Thomas Dumer, clerk, a worthy
conscionable preacher being curate at Smalley
was buried by me (William Bennett Rector) in
the Chapell there." — Morley Registers.

" 1689 Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Shotwell a
' Jenymaide ' was buried on Wednesday Nov^ 20."
— Smalley Register.

[The term ^^/enymaid" clearly implies a hired
spinster — (compare " spinning-y^««y"). She was

1 Tower arch.

38 Smalley

obviously employed at a pinch by busy house-
wives to augment their stock of yarn for the
local weaver.]

It will be seen that there is a serious
gap in the Smalley Registers from 1640
to 1655, owing, without doubt, to the
persecution of the Church during the
Commonwealth, when parish Registrars were
appointed by Act of Parliament. These
gentlemen, instead of baptisms, mostly recorded
births, but as no births appear in either the
Smalley or Morley books, they could not
have been in the custody of such officials.
The good Jacinth Sacheverell, the patron,
and lord of the manor, resided some of that
troublesome period at the old hall close by
the church at Morley. He was naturally a
guardian of sacred things from his strongly
religious character. During his time the
Morley Registers were faithfully kept by
Will. Bennett, Rector, until his death in
1647. After this, only five entries appear
until 1654, when John Harpur, brother-in-
law of the late Jacinth, was appointed
Rector.^

^ The Registers of Baptisms and Burials from 18 12
to the present are in separate books, according to the
miserably deficient form prescribed by Act of Parlia-
ment. From this latter date the registers have been

Sm ALLEY 39

An inspection of the current Parish
Registers ought to be made at every
archidiaconal visitation, and due attention paid
to the caligraphy as well as the regularity
of the entries. They cannot be written too
plainly. Every clergyman should remember
that the Church Registers will form the only
permanent record of his own ministry, and
that he is writing not for a day, or a year,
but for all time, and that in the case of
the poor his memorandum will probably
constitute the only memorial in this world
of a life perhaps as nobly spent, and as
serviceable in its station (i Cor. xii. 14, etc.),
as the lives of those who from their exalted
position receive more of the world's attention.
There is another registration going on else-
where, indelible, infallible — the registration in
the Lamb's Book of Life. May we be
found recorded in that!

most scrupulously kept, save during the incumbency of the
Rev. W. Bradshaw, who grievously neglected his duty in
this respect; both the Baptismal and Burial entries being
omitted by him for several years I Most of the " Burials "
have been recovered from the certificates, which have been
happily preserved and since duly entered, but the eight
years of unrecorded baptisms are hopelessly blank! The
registers at the present time are faultlessly kept and most
carefully preserved.

40 Smalley

/liemoran&a ma&e bs tbe IRev^ IRobert

Mtlmot, IRector of /ftorles d Smalles,

in tbe (Tbutcb IRegfdtetd*

"1779 — In the last year, the Small Pox went almost
throughout the parish. In Morley 30 persons had
it, but only two died. In Smalley 43 persons had it.
Twelve died that were buried there, and great
numbers of the children of Baptists who had never
been Baptized, were taken to Hallam^ to be buried.
In Morley, they were kept clean, which I suppose
was the reason that so few died. In Smalley the
case was different; a proof that cleanliness is the
best preventative in this distemper.

" Robert Wilmot, Rector."
Instituted Dec: 21, and Inducted Dec: 23 . 1777.

" 1781. Jan : 3. Christopher Smith (of the Hayes Farm)
buried aged 45. Caught a fever by sleeping in a
damp bed. He died universally lamented, leaving
a widow with 7 children."

" 1781. Nov: 14. Simon Wilmot Esq (buried) aged 30.
He was the 4*^ son of the Rev^ D"^ Richard Wilmot
(late) Rector of this parish. In the service of his
King & country in America he was wounded, and
taken prisoner by the Rebels, and such was their
cruelty to him, that they suffered him to languish
with his wounds undressed in a common prison for
several days. This laid the foundation of the fatal
disease : a consumption of the lungs, which brought
him to his grave. He possessed a liberal mind,
was generous, brave, & merciful. R. W., Rector."

1 There was a field used for interments by dissenters
before 1780 at Kirk Hallam. There is nothing now to
indicate the graves, and the field was wholly under
cultivation many years ago.

Smalley 41

" 1783. During the year last past the ague was very
general everywhere — supposed to be owing to the
badness of every kind of com got in the year
1782, as the crop of potatoes, which when com is
dear (as it was this year,) are much used as a
substitute for bread. From the cheapness and
plenty of some years before, the poor lived well;
and now, a scarcity and deamess with a bad quality,
obliged them to reduce too much for health^^

"1785. This year was remarkable for the drought which
was general through Europe from the beginning
of the year till September. Hay was purchased at
9-;£-io^ per ton. The latter end of the year was
remarkably fine.

In the parish of Morley nothing remarkable
happened but

XCbe Enclosure of tbe Commons."'

R. W.

" 1791. The Bishop of the Diocese held a Visitation on
the 6th & 7th of July and confirmed in the Town
& neighbourhood of Derby about 1,500 persons.
On the 8th of July he went to Little Eaton, and
consecrated the chapel there, which was built by
private subscription under the indefatigable zeal
& conduct of Mr. Francis Radford who was himself
the most considerable subscriber thereto."

R. JV., Rector,

1 A charming euphemism for the ugly word " starve."

2 The most remarkable and eventful affair that ever
happened in Smalley, though hidden under Morley. The
country groaned under these Acts for many a year
afterwards — ^it was an ill-fated period, especially for the
poor.

42 Smalley

" 1792. The highways in this parish are nearly all put in
good repair. When I came to be Rector in the
year 1777, the by-roads were almost all of them
impassable in the winter for carts or waggons :
now, there is not in the whole township more than
200 yards of road that a shaise cannot pass on at
any time of the year.

" The present state of Europe engages the attention
of every man. A very short time will in all prob-
ability witness a material change in the Newfangled
French Constitution of Government. Notwith-
standing the Anarchy prevailing in that Country,
there are many persons in this Kingdom desirous
of creating the same confusion here, by attempting
to subvert the present Government & convert it
into a Republic. In no part of the kingdom have
they more disaffected persons than in the Town
and neighbourhood of Derby, from whence they
have actually sent two persons to the National
Convention of France to invite the French over to
this country to create the same anarchy here which
is there triumphant."

"1793. Nov: The History of Europe is now truly
important. The National Convention of France
has caused the King and Queen of France to be
beheaded with circumstances of horrid cruelty
never before known to be practised in any civilized
country, and it is expected that their unfortunate
children will meet as hapless a fate. By the
exertions of the disaffected, this part of the
kingdom is brought into a state bordering on
rebellion, but the prudent measures taken by men
of better minds, will, it is to be hoped put a stop

Smalley 43

to the growing spirit of Republicanism, or rather
Disorder.

" In my own parish I know but one man (whose
name is Alsop,) that has ever shewn the least wish
to overturn the present system of Government
That man has endeavoured to instil into the minds
of those with whom he is connected principles of
the most diabolical tendency such as a total
insubordination of all ranks and orders of men,
and ideas of the justice of a perfect equality of
property. Hitherto, his influence has had little
effect, and I trust it will shortly be properly
understood by those he would mislead.

" Mr. Radford of Smalley has this year made an
exchange of land lying near Radboume with
Mr. Pole for an estate in this township.

R, Wilmot, Rector:'

''1705* Ube cbief parocbial event bas \)ttn
tbe IRebutlMng of tbe (Tbapel at Smaller
bB eubscriptton/'

"Last winter — 1794-5 was the severest ever
known by any living person.

Rob. Wilmot, 2?."

Classttlcatton of Jnbabttanfe

1798

In 1798 a census of Smalley was taken
by the Rector. He writes {inter alia) : —

" The Inhabitants occupying 102 separate houses, are
567 persons under the following descriptions, viz. :
Seven Widows and one Spinster.

One Gentleman's family

persons

in household.

Nineteen Farmers -

123

>»

Twenty-five Labourers

108

>»

Twelve Framework knitters

))

Seven Coal miners

Seven Widows and one

Spinstei

• 21

Three Cordwainers

Three Victuallers -

♦>

Two Brickmakers -

>»

Two Coal Higglers

>»

Two Millers -

Two Blacksmiths^ -

Two Needlemakers^

Two Wheelwrights -

persons

in familv.

Two Tailors

^ One at Kidsley.

^The two needlemakers — i.e., for the stocking frame —
were William King, son of blind Robert King, of Morley
Smithy, and the father of William King, of Heanor Gate,

))

567

Smalley 45

Two Paupers - - - - 9 persons in family.

One Potter^ -

One Rope-maker

One Bricklayer

One Grocer - - -

One Weaver - - -

One Baker ...

One Butcher -

Total -

The Rector adds: —

" Though no schoolmaster is mentioned, there is one^
a Bachelor at the Free School, and one of the widows
likewise teaches school."*

a persevering and ingenious framesmith ; the other needle-
maker was Jonathan Beniston. Concerning the publica-
tion of Jonathan's banns with Hannah Shaw, 28th Dec,
1789, the rector writes: ** The Banns were forbidden by
Katherine Liggate. I believe from the best information
I can obtain — at the instigation of some of the inhabitants
of Smalley : but she, not shewing any just cause against
the marriage, it took place in this church by virtue of
the said banns." The Liggates were more or less imbecile,
and it seems very probable that this " Kitty " was chosen
to carry out some practical joke devised by her neighbours,
unless she herself hoped to have become the bride.

^ Jacob Ball, Smalley Mill, maker of coarse red earthen-
ware. Jacob's wife supplied the power to the potter's
wheel. The speed was regulated by her good man with
the two words, " Turn " and " Softly," pronounced " Ton "
and " Saw-fly ^^ enunciating each with a varying speed,
rapidly or slowly, just as he wished the wheel to revolve.

^ Joseph Woollin. Appointed Master, 1791.

* Ann, relict of John Woollands, the mother of Job
and Samuel, and daughter of John and Mary Kerry.

Curates of Smalleig

A LIST of the Rectors of Morley with
Smalley is given in Dr. Cox's " Churches
of Derbyshire," but very seldom do we find
any published list of Curates, owing, no
doubt, to the defective forms of the earlier
registers, which do not require the signatures
of the officiating clergy. In that most selfish
period of the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries, the Curate, unless possessed of
private means, was the personification of
poverty; and often, whilst performing the
lion's share of the duty, was compelled to
take a very subordinate position and stipend.
At that time, too, the emoluments of Vicars
were usually so small that some of them
gladly made their way over miles of filthy
roads, between hurried services^ to eke out
their miserable pittances! Sad times for the

shepherds and sad for the sheep.

Smalley 47

With no lack of ability, most of them
had but little time for study, or the composition
of sermons, the struggle for life absorbing
their chiefest energies.

The Rev. Thomas Ward, Vicar of Horsley,
and once Curate of Smalley, has left behind
him some interesting memoranda. The
writer has before him one of his funeral
sermons, originally written in 17 19, and last
used by him at Horsley in 1762. On the
covers are memoranda of its use. It was
delivered in Horsley Church twenty-one
times between 1719 and 1755, and several
times at Turnditch, Belper, Heage, Smalley,
Duffield, and Gimpingham, besides : at
Smalley three times — November 3rd, 1751 ;
July 7th, 1754; September 25th, 1757— all
the more interesting because preached in
the old Smalley Church 151 years ago, since
which five generations have passed away.
Mr. Ward was a neat, methodical man, and
a diligent Curate of souls. No doubt he
thought no more harm in a repetition of his
excellent sermon than the threefold yearly
recurrence of a chapter of the New Testament
or the weekly recital of the Church's services ;
and he was quite right. There is too much
craving nowadays for novelty and excitement.

48 Smalley

and too little devotion withal. In the single
case of a change of text from 2 Cor. v. 6,
7, 8, to Acts i. 25, he only played the old
accompaniment to a new melody, accomplishing
this admirable task at Horsley, December
7th, 1729. As his discourse was on the
" Intermediate state of souls after death
and before the General Judgment/' one text
was as appropriate as the other.

From 1739 to 1745 he performed the
occasional offices of baptisms, churchings,
marriages, and burials, 664 times, besides
the ordinary services. As baptisms were
mostly private, he trudged to far off places,
charging according to distance, but never
more than is. 6d., and occasionally reducing
his fee to meet the humble circumstances of
the parents. Consider the period, and
respect Mr. Ward.

UbOmaS SUttOUt "curett" 1552. (PU Inventory,)
'niCbOlaS H)UbOilCB curate 1603. (Elizabethan Clergy

List.)
" tTbOntHS S)U11tC tt cler\ a worthy conscionable preacher,

being curate at Smalley was buried by me

{Will, Bennett) in the chapel there Mar: 17, 16 18."

{Morley Register.)
50bn BagSbaW in 1669. Buried at Smalley May 2,

1674.

wailUam Bagleg curate 1675.

Smalley 49

UbOmaS .1K[lar5t curate of Smalley i7SS-i758.

He was of Clare Hall, Cambridge, and was
ordained " Priest " by William Bp. of Ely in the
chapel of Ely Palace, London, Sunday 27 May,
1 7 16. (T. W/s MSS.)

5obn 3BafteweU of Derby.

" In the year 1763, & 1764, the Rev^ John Bake-
well of Derby was curate, and as he was a very
negligent man, and became afterwards insane,
it is much to be feared that there were several
omissions of entries in this (Morley) Register."
(Rector's note.)

waiUiam Ikirftles, curate, 1765-7.
XTbomas 3Bear5, 1765-7.
5^ SSingbam, 1767-9-
5obn Mar&, curate, 1 769-1 776.

(Vicar of Mickleover 1778.)
Joaepb JaCftaOUt 17 83-1800: from Risley.

5o9epb asra&abaw - - - . . isoo.
Ibenrs peacb 1800 to 1803.

5obn Ca&e - - - 1804 to 1806.

MllUam Milmot Sltwell, 1806— Rector, 1807.

»♦ Molstenbolme 1812.

5osepb Mrlabt ----- - 1813.

IbetPCB Mllmot Sltwell - - - 1818.

ie5war5 !ILuar& - 1821.

Samuel jfoi ------ 1829.

(Rector in 1844.)

Samuel Sbe5&on 1845.

(Vicar of Alfreton 1847.)

Ibenti? /iDoore 1847.

(Afterwards Vicar of Horsley, and subsequently chaplain
of Derby Gaol until his death.)

50 Smalley

aiexanber Stewart, ifb.U. 1849.

(Rector of Liverpool 1870 (son of John Stewart,
who was Mayor of Liverpool in 1856), Hon. Canon
of St. Peter's (the cathedral), where he maintained
the daily cathedral services mainly at his own
expense, until his resignation in 1904.)

fre^ertch XTborpe 1851.

©rammar XTbompson 1852.

(Died Vicar of Horsley.)

HuQttstus Smitb 1854.

5* 1R* Xuimoore 1857.

(Vicar of Ashford-in-the-Water.)

3. M* asurs i860.

JLbom. DougbtB i860.

5obn Calbow 1863.

1R* ©• Cbalmers 1866.

Hrtbur /IDalim 1867.

je5war5 CoIIett 1870.

tenrs /»t5&Ieton . . . . - 1871.

(Vicar of Codnor.)

/»• !)• /IM55leton 1873

Hrtbur O. Mal5B . . . - . 1875.
TRaiUlam 3Bra5sbaw, first vicar.

JE. /»• IRoblnson, vicar - 1891,

Z. 3B» Cbarleswortb, vicar - 1898.

Cbadtles

Dame (5oMtb'0 Dole*

Dame Godith's Dole, erroneously termed
" Dame Goodale's Dole " on the old
Benefaction Board in Morley Church, is a
most interesting gift. It was instituted by
John and Cecily Stathum who

''©r5eBne5 tti«* & lilj^ serels to be 5one in
almes amona pore folft of tbls piab in tbe
5aB of tbe obit of H)ame 6o5i?tb sometsme

la5l? of tbiS tOVOnC.''— Brass in Morley Church,

Dame Godith {Goditha, or Godd) was
the last of the De Morley family, and sole
heiress of the estates. She became the wife
of Ralph Stathum, whose grandson, John
Stathum, above mentioned, with his wife
Cecily (Cornwall), instituted the charity in

52 Smalley

yearly remembrance of his grandmother Godith,
who died on the i6th May, 141 8. On this
day the yearly remembrance of her death,
called the "Year's Mind," was celebrated in
Morley Church, when this benefaction was
distributed in loaves of bread to the poor
of the whole parish who came to the
Requiem Mass then sung for the repose of
her soul. On a brass plate over the piscina
on the south side of the altar at Morley
Church, certain prayers, etc., are directed to
be said by the priest for the benefit of
Godith among others, and these, no doubt,
were all recited at the yearly " Mind," if
not more frequently in the regular offices.
It is too interesting to be omitted, and it
requires but little effort to picture to ourselves,
as the 1 6th of May came round, the poor
old folk of Smalley (beads in hand or
fastened to their girdles) wending their way
to Morley to join their neighbours in poverty
at the long-looked-for Requiem. (See
account of Smalley Ckauntry)

The old English inscription on a brass
plate above the piscina near the altar in
Morley Church is so quaint that it will be
better to have it as it is, and then in
modern dress.

Smalley 53

''(for tbo sowles of IRafe, <Bo5Btbt UbomaSt
jeusabetbt Cecill, an5 Sobn, & of tbesr
Suicessores & for all crlaten sowles^ 5epfun5tB
6ic : pater noster &c : Uvc marla : et ne nos :
reqe et'nam Sic : 5ne ejauM oracoem : w^ sfs
orlso 5ncUna 5ne ilc : 5obn Statbv or5eBnb
Bis to be salb & more wrtten In otber blvers
boftis/'

For the souls of Rafe, Godyth, Thomas, Elizabeth,
Cecill, and John, and of their successors, and for all
Christian souls (departed^ say) "Out of the depths," etc.
(Psalm cxxx.). "Our Father," etc. ** Hail Mary," etc.
" Lead us not into temptation," etc. " Rest eternal grant,"
etc. " O Lord, hear our prayer," etc., with this orison —
" Incline, O Lord," etc. John Stathum ordained this to
be said, and more, written in other divers books.

One of these "divers bokis" is still in
existence. The writer is extremely sorry
he is unable to find where the original is
preserved, but thinks it is in one of the
great pubHc libraries. It is a MS. on
vellum of one of the service books of the
Church.

This charity now produces 20s. per annum.
It arises from an estate in Morley granted
to Mr. Wilmot-Sitwell at the enclosure in
1784, subject to this payment. Ten shillings
yearly is given to each of the incumbents

54 Smalley

of Morley and Smalley in respect of the
charity, and is distributed at Christmas by
them among the deserving poor.

The present Wilmot-Sitwells are direct
lineal descendants of the aforesaid Godith.

Sacbcvcrcll Blmeboueee.

On an old Benefaction Board, formerly
suspended on the north side of the nave
of Morley Church, but now at the west end
of the south aisle, is the following account
of this Charity: —

" Six hospital houses given by Jacinth Sacheverell, Esq.,
and 5;£ a year to each house, to be paid quarterly, half
to Morley and half to Smalley issuing out of land lying at
Raunson, in the county of Leicester, and 5;^ a year issuing
out of the same land, half to the poor of Morley and
half to the poor of Smalley, now in the occupation of
Leonard Fosbrook, Esq., to be paid by 12s. 6d. per
quarter to each."

The almshouses consist of six dwellings
under one roof, each containing two rooms,
and there are small gardens in front. Three
of the almshouses are appropriated to the
township of Morley, and three to Smalley.^

^ The illustration kindly presented to this work by Sir
Alfred Seale Haslam, Esq., M.P., shews the three (nearest)
houses assigned to Smalley.

Sm ALLEY 55

Three almsmen are appointed from each
township. The persons usually selected are
such as are of an advanced age, and
have supported themselves without parish
assistance.

The isolated position, and the very scanty
endowment (about 2s. per week) contribute
to render this charity a questionable benefit
even by the poor themselves. It is only
a last resource for those who prefer freedom
to a home in the Union. One of the late
inmates, a Smalley man, told the writer
himself that, " Had it not been for the
generosity of Sir Alfred Scale Haslam, M.P.,
of Breadsall Priory, he must have been
starved to death." The poor fellow is now
where the sorrows and cares of poverty
cannot affect him. He died on his removal
to the poor-house at Belper.

In this old charity, had the gift been
made in terms expressing some exact
proportion to the total rental of the estate,
the value of the endowment would have
been the same for all time, and every
advance or depreciation in rental would have
been shared by the charity with the owner
of the property on which the rent charge
is made. Thirty pounds at the present

56 Smalley

time by no means represent the value of
thirty pounds at the time of J. Sacheverell's
gift, and morally (though perhaps not
legally) the owner of Rawnson is very deeply
indebted to the almshouse fund. The national
hatred of Romish Recusants in the time of
the Commonwealth was so intense that they
were hardly permitted to consider anything
they possessed as their own. No wonder
that the records of this charity are missing ;
but a great wonder it is that it should have
escaped complete confiscation. Let us hope
that a brighter day is in store for this
home for deserving poor. The houses are
in a most healthy situation, but there is
no repairing fund.

The name of Jacinth Sacheverell is
associated with troubles, bereavements and
persecution for his Recusancy; but his trials
in this life ended 22nd January, 1656. His
wife, Elizabeth, died 12th of March following.
The beautiful tomb bearing their recumbent
effigies may be seen in the north aisle of
Morley Church, and their bodies rest
beneath. A small opening into the vault
occurred on some disturbance of the pave-
ment in 1850, sufficient for the introduction
of a suspended light, when numerous leaden

Tomb of Jacinth Sacheverell.

Founder of the Almshouses Jor Morley and SmalUy.

Smalley 57

coffins came to view, "pile upon pile."
They were not disturbed, but the hole
carefully closed, and all left as before.
" RequiescCtt in paceT

According to the Latin monumental inscrip-
tion,^ Jacinth Sacheverell died holding the
orthodox Roman Faith in charity, worshipping
Christ devoutly, placing his hope in Christ's
sacrifice, and not in the sign of it: meriting
nothing save the gratitude of the poor; not
even a monument; for he was his own
memorial. Thus concluding " But thou who
passest by, reading these things, depart :
hear the fame of his charity resounding:
admire : imitate : and remember death."

Mrs. Sacheverell Bateman, of " Morley
Manor," in Smalley, possesses a portrait of
Jacinth dated 1638, bearing the following
plaintive inscription : —

" quie mihi nascenti luxerunt sydera ? "
"quie tam noxia pars cceli est, ut me nil"
"Tale merentem l^eserit, et primis unfortunarit

AB ANNIS ? "

Which may be rendered —

1 Erected under the auspices of Rev. John Harpur, the
first rector after the Usurpation and brother-in-law to
Jacinth.

58 Smalley

What stars upon my birth did shine ?

What baneful part of heaven?
That I — so undeserving — ^pine :

From childhood to misfortune given.

We are indebted to Mrs. S. Bateman's
generosity for the portrait of Jacinth.

JLbc IBo^s' finboweb ScbooL

Smalley may be proud of her old school,
and its beneficent Founders. According to
an inscription formerly over the entrance
above a well-appointed weatherstone resting
on two good corbels, the school was founded
in 1721 : —

" John and Samuel " *

" Richardson Brothers "

" of this Towne Gent"

" Founders of this "

" Charity Schole for "

" one Master and twelve "

" Poor Scholars. Erected "

"Anno Domini, 1721."

It was originally endowed with 64 acres
3 roods and 15 perches of land in Horsley
Woodhouse township, which in 1816 pro-
duced ;^88 per annum. (Charity Com,
Reports,)

The coal under the estate, with most of
the land, except two fields containing 12^

Jacinth Sacheverell, Esq.
Foiiiidrr of the Morlcy and Smality Almshouses,
a /tainting in the fiosscaion of Mrs. Sacheverell Bat.

Smalley 59

acres, producing £25 per annum, has been
sold within the last few years with considerable
advantage to the school funds, the proceeds
being then invested in the 3 per cent. Consols.
The following particulars are from a
return made to the County Council in
1904: —

'* 1RtCbat&60n'6 SCbOOl an& Cbatttp, now under a
Scheme of the Charity Commissioners of 1880 — further
amended in 1896.

" Trustees .—The Official Trustees of Charitable Funds.

" Local Governors : — R. H. Robinson, of Heanor
(County Council Representative); S. Towson, of Heanor
(Heanor District Council) ; J. Horsley (Horsley Woodhouse
Parish Council); Sam. Turton, Chas. Jos. Cresswell
(Smalley Parish Council).

" Co-optative Governors : — Rev. T. B. Charlesworth,
Vicar of Smalley; Rev. G. N. Gresley, Vicar of Horsley
Woodhouse; W. Hobson; G. Spencer (Mapperley
Colliery).

"Land. — 8 acres let to G. Gates at ;£i6 per annum;
4 acres 2 ro. let to — Booth at jQg.

"Consols, ;^6, 95 1 I2S. 6d. (money from sale of coal) ;
Dividends, jQiy^ 13s. 8d. ; Gross Income, ;£i98 15s. 8d.

" Expenditure. — 10 Technical Scholarships, jQ^o (at
Heanor Technical School); 24 Scholarships of
j£i 13s. 4d., ;£4o; Elementary Education, ;£96 os. 8d."

The old regime under which it had worked
was changed in 1848, chiefly through the
influence of the Rev. Henry Moore, M.A.,

6o Smalley

when the school was first brought under
Government inspection, and assistant teachers
appointed.

Joseph WooUin was the last of the old
schoolmasters, probably appointed because
of his incapacity for any other occupation,
having one arm paralyzed. He died at
Horsley Woodhouse, and was succeeded by
Mr. Fred Rowbottom, whose eventual
promotion to a mastership at his training
college kept him in London. He subse-
quently received Holy Orders, and died
Rector of a Church in Edinburgh.

The next permanent appointment was
Mr. John AUport in 1848. He held the
school until his death in 1878. Those who
knew him intimately can only speak of his
real worth. He was an excellent master,
very helpful to the Church, and a good
man. He was followed by the late Mr.
Samuel Dix, a worthy man, highly respected
and much beloved. He died 23rd October,
1902, and is succeeded by his eldest son.

The old school building and the master's
residence adjoining have been converted into
class-rooms, and lie at the back of the new
schoolroom. The massive oak furniture of
1 72 1 remained until 1848. It consisted of

Sm ALLEY 6 1

four pews or stalls, open at each end but
closed in front, and placed by the walls
round the room. Thick sloping slabs of
oak, scored with initials,^ formed the desks
for the books and slates of the scholars.
The master's desk, on substantial standards,
with a large oak armchair to match, stood
in the south-east comer.

A handsome and commodious residence
for the master was erected a few years ago
on the site of the old " Poor's Cottage " at
a cost of about ;^5oo.

Zbc CollicvB' em

IRicbarbson'6 Cbariti?*

Samuel Richardson, by his Will, bearing
date 1 2th October, 171 1, and proved at
Lichfield, 17 19, gave to his executors — his
brother John Richardson, and his daughters,
viz., (a) Mary, wife of John Wilson, of
Heanor; {b) Martha, wife of John Hieron,
of Little Eaton; (c) Catherine (afterwards
wife of Robert Fletcher, of Denby) ; and
(d) Elizabeth Richardson — ;^400 in trust

1 Near the S.E. comer, where the author sat when a
boy, were his grandfather's initials, surrounded by a border,
carved about 1770.

62 Smalley

to dispose of the same in purchasing lands,
tenements, etc., of as great a yearly value
as could be got for the same, which he
directed should be settled in such manner as
that all the rents and profits should yearly
for ever be paid and equally divided on the
feasts of Christmas, Lady Day, St. John
the Baptist, and Michaelmas, by equal
portions amongst ten such poor persons,
colliers, disabled or infirm by accidents, old
age, or otherwise, and inhabitants for the
time being in Smalley, or in Horsley
Woodhouse, Heanor, or Mapperley, as his
executors or the survivors or survivor of
them during their lives, and after the
decease of the survivor, as his right heirs
should from time to time for ever appoint.
And he directed that no such poor colliers
inhabiting in the three last-mentioned places
should be sharers of the said profits when,
or so long as, there should be the number
of ten such poor colliers inhabiting in
Smalley, and that no more such colliers of
the said three places should be appointed
sharers of the said profits than only so
many as to supply any deficiency of the
said number that could not be supplied out
of the inhabitants of Smalley; and that

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if there should not be the number of ten
such poor colliers inhabitants in any of the
said four before-mentioned places, then the
said number of ten colliers should be made
up out of other poor persons inhabiting
only in Smalley as his executors and the
survivor, and after the death of the survivor,
his right heirs should from time to time
appoint.

In 1732 an estate in Horsley Woodhouse,
comprising a messuage with farm, tenement,
and six closes, called Burnhurst, and the
tithes of the said premises was . conveyed
to the trustees. It comprised twenty-eight
acres of land, which in 181 6 produced a
rental of £40 per annum.

The whole of this land was also sold
some time ago, and the proceeds , invested
in the 3 per cent. Consols amounting to —

£ s. d.
Consols ... ... 2,810 13 10

Dividends ... ... 70 15 4

Net Income ... ... 68 13 4

Expenditure. — Fifteen payments of £4 los.
each. (Until April, 1904, and the drop in
Consols, they were £^ each).

Local Trustees: — E. Miller Mundy, Esq.,
Arthur Radford, Esq., Mr. Anthony Kerry,

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Mr. Wm. Richardson, Mr. S. Towson, Mr.
J. Horsley. The four last popularly elected.

3amc0' Cbariti?*

Edward James gave los. per annum for
the poor of Morley, and los. for the poor
of Smalley.

The yearly sum of 20s. is now paid in
respect of this charity out of a farm on
Ockbrook Moor, the property of W. D. N.
Drury-Lowe, Esq., of Locko Park.

The family of James was connected with
Smalley and Morley: "1627, 26 Sep.,
Robert James was buried in the Chancell "
{Smalley C. R.). He must have been a
person of some distinction. In 1640, July
22nd, the Morley Register records the burial
of Richard James, "An old ancient Hus-
bandman," i.e,y a farmer and householder. In
1679 and 1 68 1 Richard and Joseph (sons of
Edward and Catharine) were respectively
interred at Morley, and lastly " Mr. Edward
James (the benefactor) was buried (March 29th,
1 711)" in the north aisle of Morley Church,
near the north door, where his original
gravestone lies beneath the tile flooring, the
spot being marked by a small brass plate.

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Zbc IRcv* Ifrancis (Bieborne's Cbariti?*

This benevolent Rector of Staveley, Derby-
shire, who died July, 1821, bequeathed the
large sum of ;^ 16, 167 13s. 4d. for the
provision of flannel, or coarse Yorkshire
woollen cloth, for the poor of one hundred
parishes in this county, no place to receive
more than £^ los. ( it now amounts to
£5 19s. 2d.), which sum is yearly paid by
Messrs. Beauverie & Lefevre, Bankers, of
London, to the incumbents of the hundred
parishes to be distributed by them or their
curates (according to the will of Mr.
Gisborne) in each of the parishes named,
and Smalley is one of them. There is an
interesting account, with a portrait, of this
benevolent man in the fourteenth volume
of the Derbyshire Archaeological Journal^
contributed by the Rev. Canon Charles
Molyneux, one of his successors in the
Rectory of Staveley.

poors Cottaflc*

In 1636, Elizabeth Cooper, widow, was
interred at Smalley on the 25th of August.
This record is followed by : " There
helongeth to the chapfell by her decease.

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that poor in decay cottage and garden."
{Ch, Reg.)

Was this " Poor in decay cottage "
belonging to the chapel identical with the
house for the use of the poor formerly on
the north side of the boys' schoolyard,
purchased and taken down by the late John
Radford, Esq., about 1846? // must have
been, for there is 7to tradition of any other.
It had been converted into two dweUings by
separating the upper room from* the lower,
and building an outside approach to the
chamber. Mary Liggate and Jane Reward,
or Haywood, were the last occupants. It
appears to have been originally built on an
old enclosure on the waste.

Its dilapidated condition seems to have
been chronic, for there was no repairing
fund. The roof was in a sad condition in
Joseph Bradbury's time; so much so, that
the poor old man one stormy night was
drenched in his bed. He vowed his revenge
in the morning. The morrow came, and
away the old fellow posted down to the
shop.^ " I want a pound o' powder, John,"
said the old man. "A pound o' powder,

^ Then kept by John and Mary Brown, opposite
"Baily Croft" Gate.

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Josey ! " said the astonished shopkeeper.
" Why, whativer dost want a' that for ? "
Josey told him. " If ah wor thee, lad, ah
wouldna ha powder, theer's nowt Hke shot,
man, for execution ; try a pound o' that."
Josey consented. Arriving at his offending
tenement, firm in his resolution, and standing
in the doorway, latch in one hand and his
" dynamite " in the other, after three good
swings of the arm (duly counted) his
explosive bumped on the fire. " There !

blow up, and be d d ! " and away he

scuttled as fast as his legs and sticks could
carry him. Tradition relates that on his
return his house stood exactly where it did,
and his "shot," like pools of silver, lay
shining on the hearthstone.

No need to say Josey was of feeble
intellect. He was allowed to keep a pony
to ride on his begging excursions, for it was
common enough in those days for the half-
starved poor to augment their pittance in
the best way they could.

Mary Liggate, before mentioned, one of
the last inmates of this cottage, was the
daughter of poor Samuel mentioned in the
following memorandum in one of the
Registers of Morley: —

68 Smalley

" The Poors' Rates of this Township (of Smalley) having
very considerably increased, it was thought advisable to
have a standing Overseer, and a meeting of the
Parishioners was held to appoint a man to the office
distinguished for extreme parsimony and hardness of
heart The result of the appointment was — cruelty and
oppression to the poor, and Samuel Liggat was absolutely
starved to death. I was from home when he was buried,
and did not know of his death till many months after-
wards, when, although I obtained sufficient information
to convince me of the fact, I could not obtain sufficient
evidence to convict the overseer upon it, and therefore
he escaped the punishment which he deserved.

R. W. (Robt. Wilmot), Rector."

Samuel Liggate's only memorial consists
of one short line in the parish register: —

"1785. Dec. 23. Samuel Liggat buried."

Appended^ hut in another hand —

" Starved to death by the humanity of the parish officer."

Let us trust that he has been called to
an endless refection, where want and its
discomforts are unknown.

Benefit Clubs

The Simon Field Club was so named
because founded by the colliers of the
Simon Field workings about the middle of
the eighteenth century.

The clubroom, built about 1769, stood in
Smalley parish at the end of the Swinehill
Lane. It was a long, low, thatched structure
of one storey, with a combined brewhouse
and kitchen at one end. At the dissolution
of the club, about forty years ago, the
buildings, about twenty-five yards in length,
were sold to Jno. Radford, Esq., who pulled
the principal room down, and converted the
kitchen into a dwelling-house.

The old organization feasted yearly on its
own vitals (so it was said) every Whit-
Tuesday, and this improvidence, combined
with social changes and the establishment of
a new club at the " Rose and Crown,"
brought about its dissolution.

This club broke up November 13th, 1866,

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after an existence of ninety-one years and
ten months. The total estate, amounting- to
;^24i 6s. 4d., was equally divided among
the twenty-two remaining members, realizing
the sum of ;^io 19s. for each.

** Simon field ^' estate derived its name
from Simon de Arderne, who received a
grant of the Manor of Mapperley with
market, fair, and free warren in 1266. It
would appear that he had married the heiress
of the Mapperley lordship, and that in 1276
he and his wife sold it for ;^200 (a large
sum at that time) to Thomas de Luthe.
And well he might sell it, for three years
after his settlement, an attack was made on
his home by Ralph de Crumwell (of the
Wingfield Manor stock, and apparently lord
of Hallam) assisted by his West Hallam
men, who, by force and arms entered
Simon's manor, threw down the gallows he
had erected, carried away the pillory; in
fact, the " juridicialia " of the Court Leet
of a Barony, which Simon's was not. The
report of this bold stroke is recorded in the
Derbyshire Assize Rolls in the Record
Office, but the result does not appear.

Simon's seat was at ''Park Hall,'' so
named from its ancient status. His mansion.

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long since destroyed, stood within a
quadrangular moat, the greater part of which
is levelled in, but the well still remains
near the centre, and still supplies water for
farm purposes, though not used for domestic
consumption. The lower lining of the well
is composed of small ironstone laminae very
neatly and admirably constructed.

Zlbe ®^^felIow0' Club

of the Manchester Unity was established a
little before 1832, in which year a clubroom
was erected at the " Rose and Crown " for
its accommodation. It is still in a healthy,
flourishing condition, being conducted on
sounder principles than the old club just
named. It observes its feast on Tuesday in
Whitsun week.

^be ©itl6' School

The Girls' School was erected by subscrip-
tion in 1849-50, chiefly through the exertion
of the Rev. Henry Moore, Curate. It stands
nearly on the site of the old Justice Room,
formerly a picturesque cottage shaded by
two fine and stately chestnut trees. It
contained two principal rooms. The one
used by the magistrates was over a capacious
cellar, in the midst of which was a lade-
well. This upper room was approached by
a flight of about five wooden steps from
the house place, which was used as a
waiting-room for witnesses. From this place
Hulme, a sweep, one of the three murderers
of Miss Goddard, of Stanley Hall, in 1843,
was sent to Derby Gaol to await the
Assizes. He was conveyed in a village
cart secured between the then parish
constables, Messrs. John Kyte and Isaac Brown.
" The Office," as it was usually termed,

was formerly an inn, known as " The Three

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Horse-shoes^' tenanted by one David Wright,
a celebrated astrologer of considerable repute
in unfolding the destinies of youthful swains,
and the whereabouts of things stolen or
strayed. His drunken customers were
sometimes conveyed to the Church porch
close bv, and left there to cool and recover
their senses.

The house was afterwards occupied by
Michael and Mary Burley, the latter of
whom kept a dame's school, and on Sundays
again sheltered the little ones before church
time. In summer the elder children were
frequently catechized in the church porch
by the Rev. Robert Wilmot, Rector, when
the more diligent ones always received an
encouraging halfpenny. The Rev. Robert
Wilmot, Rector, died in 1803.

^be Baptist Cbapel

This was the first meeting-house erected in
Smalley. It was built in 1784, and enlarged
about 1820, when it was lengthened, raised,
and a gallery erected. It contains a neat
white marble tablet to the memory of Jane
{P otter y of Breads all) wife of Thomas
WooUey, Senr. She died May 13th,
1839. There are also memorials to the
Cresswell family at the east end. The
earliest account of this Society at Smalley
probably remaining is to be found in a note
under the year 1800 in one of the registers
of Morley written by the Rev. Robert
Wilmot, Rector. The adjunct on the south
side of the building, used for a Sunday
School, was rebuilt in 1904. A large tank
for baptism was constructed under the
singers' pew about 1874. Their rite was
previously performed in the ponds or pools

of the district deemed most suitable, when

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usually a large concourse of undesirables
was drawn from the neighbourhood.

One of their first resident ministers was
Mr. John Wilders ; more learned than the
majority, a man who adorned his calling by
an exemplary life. His sermons were short
and to the point, always practical, but by
no means of a political tendency. The
Bible was his text-book, and not the
newspaper. He died greatly respected.

Francis Mee, a native of Smalley, of the
true old Puritan type, was always ready
in case of need for the pulpit, and could
reach his " Seventeenthly " without the least
difficulty. His lengthy discourses were
wearisome, and great was the relief felt by
the young ones when " Frank " closed the
pulpit Bible. He led a harmless and
consistent life, and evidently tried to walk
humbly before God.

James Porter was a most worthy and
excellent Superintendent of the Baptist
Sunday School for many years. He was
no preacher, but his addresses to the young
always commanded their attention — a test of
his ability. His was the force of gentleness.
He left Smalley for Derby, and died there
about 1870. His wife Mary held an Infant

76 Smalley

School. She was an excellent mistress, and
extremely kind to the little ones. She died
May ist, 1 85 1, and was buried in Derby
Old Cemetery.

For many years there was no systematic
registration of the burials in the graveyard —
a serious loss to the community. It is a
pity some friend cannot enlarge this cemetery;
the ground was quite full many years
ago, and what it is now may be imagined.
There is plenty of land adjoining on the
west, and a quarter of an acre, carefully
used, would last many years.

Smaller jparm"

Under this somewhat ambiguous designation
(used here because it was the name
employed by the Abbot of Chester in his
lease of it to John " Tailliour " (Taylor) in
1538) it will be convenient to describe the
original lands in Smalley purchased by
WiUiam Richardson in 1610, and now part
of the estate of Arthur Radford, Esq., of
Bradfield Hall, Berks., the lineal descendant
of the purchaser.

The lands in question, comprising about
eighty-four acres, Ue, for the most part,
nearly opposite Smalley Hall, and the old
Bell Lane divides the original estate into
two equal portions as nearly as possible,
the lane itself being a part of the property.
" Smalley Farm " then comprised the principal
messuage (Smalley Hall) with its adjoining
croft (3 acres 3 roods 25 poles); the old
Bell Inn and croft; Sam Bradbury's house,

78 Smalley

now the farmstead held by Mr. Parkin;
three small contiguous fields called " The
Wickets " ; the " Pingle " ; " Smalley Wood "
(lo acres 3 roods 9 poles); "Wood
Close " ; " Calf Close " ; " Nobleworth " ;
"Old Cotes"; "Hard Meadow"; "Broad
Meadow"; "Fide Hill"; "Taylor's Nook"
(probably after the Abbot's lessee, John
Taylor) ; " North Leys " ; South Leys " ;
" Denby Hallows " ; and ''High Gates;' the
two latter fields being detached from the
rest; the former lying immediately at the
back of the Boys' School, and the latter
probably near the Sacheverell " High-gates;'
held on lease for coal getting by Mr. Patrick
Richardson in 1653. Both properties clearly
lay to the north of the New Barn.

Under the account of Kidsley, it will be
seen that Henry VHL conveyed Smalley
and Kidsley to the Pagets, and this
" Smalley Farjn " was comprised in the
grant.

On 23rd November, 20 Elizabeth (a.d.
1578), Charles Paget, on whom the above-
mentioned lands had been entailed, leased
this old Abbey land called " Smalley Farm "
to Christopher Johnson, Doctor of Physic,
of London, for the term of five thousand

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years at the yearly rent of a red rose, if
such should be " asked for." This was, of
course, tantamount to an absolute sale, but
as the land was entailed on Charles Paget,
this was the way he evaded the entail.
Dr. Christopher Johnson, who was a
distinguished writer on medical matters in
his time, paid Paget ;^240 for his farm.
The Doctor also entailed his purchase on
his three sons successively, Brian, Francis,
and Thomas, after leaving Jane, his wife,
the estate for her life. She became the
wife of Richard Spurstow, Esq., of London,
and these persons, the representatives together
with the executors of the will of the said
Christopher Johnson, Doctor of Physic,
leased the said farm to William Richardson,
of Smalley, yeoman, for twenty-one years,
specially reserving to themselves the right
to " dig pittes " and get " seacole." This lease
is dated 1605. In 1610 Mr. William
Richardson purchased the whole freehold
outright from Thomas Ashton, citizen and
haberdasher of London, to whom it had
been assigned in 1608 by Johnson's devisees,
with all rights appertaining, for the sum of
;^290, and on his death bequeathed the
said " Smalley Farm " to his eldest son

8o Smalley

Patrick, leaving Copgrave Farm in Mapperley
to his younger son William. And so from
the said Patrick the Smalley estate has
descended lineally by heirship to Mr. Radford,
the present owner.

Smaller Iball

This newly restored mansion, the property
and residence of Alfred Swingler, Esq., J. P.,
was purchased in April, 1902, from Arthur
Radford, Esq., of Bradfield Hall, Berks.,
whose ancestors inherited it from the
Richardsons, who appear to have erected the
house soon after 16 10. Here resided John
and Samuel Richardson, so worthy of
remembrance, the founders of the Free
School and the Colliers' Charity.

The improvements recently effected have
been judiciously executed. The front centre
room has been converted into a quasi hall,
still retaining its domestic character, and
opening into an inner by an arcade, reveal-
ing the richly banistered stairs rising by
picturesque turns to the uppermost storeys.
Similar treatment has been extended to the
old dining room, the columns in both cases
adding greatly to the elegance of the
apartments.

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82 Smalley

Another very pretty feature is a small
ante-room leading to the new dining-room.
This latter has been treated in the late
Jacobean style, and is a spacious and stately
refectory, singularly suggestive of an
apartment in an old English home by the
cozy ingle-nooks under a wide spreading
mantel beam. From quaintly glazed loop-
holes in the recesses on each side the
chimney, pleasing glimpses may be had of
the flower lawns and distant woods. A
fragrant conservatory, radiant with flowers,
leads to an outer pleasance. A new wing,
including kitchen and servants' apartments,
has been erected on the south-west. These
restorations and additions reflect the highest
credit on all concerned, and Smalley Hall
will long hold its position as one of the most
satisfactory residences in the neighbourhood.

In the year 1700, November 20th,
William Sacheverell, Esq., granted and sold
to John and Samuel Richardson, Esquires,
212 square yards of land on the north side
of their garden (taken out of " Baily
.Croft") and then enclosed with a brick wall,
for the enlargement and "uniformity" of the
said garden.

The whole site of the Hall and the

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surrounding land, to the extent of 3 acres
3 roods 23 poles, was part of the " Smalley
Farm," which belonged to the Abbots of the
Monastery of St. Wereburg, in Chester, to
whom it had been given by Hugh, the first
Norman Earl of that city. From evidences
visible at the recent restoration and
enlargement, the hall seems to have been
erected by the Richardsons soon after their
purchase, and probably on the site of an
earlier structure.

XTbe "flew Barn," 1632

When Patrick Richardson, the father of John

and Samuel (the two Smalley Benefactors),

was married to Mary, one of the daughters

of Richard Brandreth, Esq., of Breadsall, in

1632, there was a good house at ''New

Barn'' part of which was then assigned for

her dower if she should survive her husband.

The place was then held by Francis

Tantum. She was to have the New Parlour

at the east end of it, and the chambers

over the same, and all those buildings

belonging to it called the ''New Barne'^

and the swinecote adjoining, the half part

of the bakehouse and kitchen, half the

gardens, half the fruit growing in the

orchards, half a croft adjoining it, with

free use and liberty of the fold yard, with

all those closes called Denby Hallow^

" Highgate " close, " Wickett " close, the

Seal of Chester Aebev, made ci
Used by last Abbot, 1537.

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" Rough " close, and " Noblesworthr To
have and to hold the same on the death
of Patrick Richardson to the full end of
eighty years after the date hereof, i.^., 1632.

Smaller flDfll

The watermill is mentioned in Domesday.
(Windmills were not known in this country
before the twelfth century. They were
probably of eastern origin.) Most parishes
have usually one or more mills originally
established by the lords of manors for
the common convenience. The tenants in
feudal times were compelled to carry their
corn to their lord's mill to the extent of
a certain number of toll-dishes — say the
loth or nth. The number of dishes was
equal to the number of sacks, one dish of
toll being taken out of each. In this way
the lord could calculate pretty accurately his
own stipulated dues for the grinding. The
capacity of the toll dish must have been
regulated by some statute, but the writer
regrets he has not been able yet to discover
it. This tolling by dish was a sore
temptation to the miller to take more than

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the proper quantity. One of Chaucer's
pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales was a
miller of whom he writes: — "Well could he
stelen corne and tollen thries." So proverbial
was the millers' dishonesty, that it was said,
" Every honest miller has a tuft of hair
growing in the palm of his hand."

Fuller, the Church historian, has a quaint
joke against the use of the Latin service in
an English church. The priest, in the
Gospel for Good Friday, came to the words
" Tolle, tolle " (" Away with Him, away
with Him"), which the miller of Matlock
mistook for an order to " Take, take," and so
took double toll.

Our old mills at Smalley have become
things of the past. The windmill on the
top of Cloves Hill was removed about 1855,
and the watermill is now tenantless and
hastening to decay. The last successive
occupants of the water-mill were Thomas
Baggaly, John Holbrook, Henry Abbott,
John Potter, and William Heath. The only
brook of any consequence in the parish
supplies the mill-pond, but the supply is not
nearly so copious as it was fifty years ago,
probably owing to the drainage of the
approaching- colliery workings.

88 Smalley

The site of the Domesday Mill-pond is in
the fields immediately above the present dam,
one of which is still termed " The Dam-
steadsy' that is " the place of the Dam " ;
a name which must have been applied to
the basin of the original pond as early as
the thirteenth century, shewing incidentally
the age of the present dam. The Saxon
mill must have been on the ancient
embankment now covered with trees at the
tail end of the existing dam. The bed
of the old Saxon pond is consolidated
ground wash and mud to the depth of
three feet and more. Some of it is occupied
by a new plantation.

MinbmtUs

In the year 1800 there were two windmills

in this parish. One, the survivor, stood at

the top of Cloves Lane on a knoll in a

little croft immediately above Coppice

Dumble. It was in good preservation when

taken down about 1856, and may have been

built about 1700. It was a good specimen

of a post mill. About the year 181 5 Mr.

John Roe, then tenant, brought the windmill

from its breezy situation and planted it on

the north side of the Mill Dam for greater

convenience. Boreas, however, would not

patronize the new situation; it was too

sheltered, and in a short time it was

replaced in its original position, involving

much expense to little purpose.

The other, also a post mill (working in

1800), stood in a field on the north side

of Swine Hill Lane, in ''Windmill Field,''

now in the occupation of Mr. John Hardy,

of Swine Hill Farm, and was erected by

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Mr. Samuel Abbott. He married Lydia,
daughter of George Smedley, owner of the
principal grocer's establishment on the north
side of the church as well as the cottages
adjoining — ^then " Smedley's Yard." This mill
was unfortunately burnt down, but what
was fit to be removed was taken to
Marlpool, where Mr. S. Abbott died in
1836. He was the father of the late Mr.
John Abbott, sen', a very worthy and
excellent farmer, who lived at the farmstead
now held by Mr. Jos. Martin. He afterwards
removed to Morley Park Farm, and finally
to Ratcliff-on-Soar, where he died in 1886.
His only surviving son, John, died unmarried
in 1892 from the effects of a fall from his
horse, and was interred with his people at
Morley.

IRoabs

The roads of Smalley at the beginning of
the last century were almost impassable in
winter for carts, owing to the great coal
traffic which prevailed. So deep were the
ruts at the top of the village in 1810, that the
axle-trees have been seen sweeping the mud
before them. To relieve the packhorses
and foot passengers stone causeways were
provided where most required. Such a
pavement extended from Horsley Woodhouse
to Ilkeston, and that part of it from the
" Rose and Crown " to Woodhouse was
nearly perfect as late as 1840.^ The pack
saddle business was considerable, and
engaged many. Sam (Pinfold) possessed

1 An experiment was made in Dobhole Lane by placing
the causeway in the middle of the road far the relief of
the cart horses, but the ruts were so deep the pavement
gradually made its way into them, and the designed help
became a dangerous impediment. Central pavements may
still be seen in the parish of Morton, Derbyshire, in the
midst of macadamized roads — merely relics of the old
scheme.

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two fine asses, " Jewell " and " Deborah/'
which, when " at home^' occupied a
" lean-to " stable opposite his cottage in
Widdowson Lane. He was the father of
that universal village favourite, dear old
Betty Woodlands. She died July 8th, 1875,
aged 91 years. Her grave is the first
immediately south of the churchyard entrance
by the wall side. Job, her husband, lies
nearer the large yew.^

^The churchyard yew is a venerable and magnificent
specimen, and exhibits a growth of at least six or seven
centuries, its middle girth being 14 feet 6 inches. One of
its largest limbs stretching westwards was detached by the
great gale of about 1846, when Mr. Sam'* Kerry had the
lower chain -band affixed. Another large arm reaching
northwards was riven from the trunk about 1850, when a
second strong chain was fastened round a little above the
former. At this time several young yews were planted
round the churchyard by the Rev*^* Henry Moore. These
have now assumed wide spreading bushy forms, undesirable
in a small churchyard.

Another fine old yew formerly standing a little above the
sixth milestone was removed to Elvaston about 1845, to
grace the gardens of the Earl of Harrington.

Before the Enclosure of the Commons in
1784, gates were placed across the highways
at the parish boundaries to prevent cattle
from straying.

ma^dlC (Bate stood between Smalley and
Stanley Commons, just below the " New
Inn." Without doubt it derived its name
from the Naggle family, mentioned in the
Smalley Church Registers from 1658 until
the eighteenth century. The name also
occurs in the West Hallam and Morley
Church Registers.

''pa&ge JSracftleu 6ate** (so called by

Mr. John Brown), another of them, was
planted near the stone cottage^ quite at the
top of Cloves Hill.

A little beyond, by Mr. Woodward's farm-
house (formerly tenanted by Paul Fisher^),

1 See " Morley RacesJ'
93

94 Smalley

was another "JSracftlCg ©ate," at the entrance
of the lane leading to Horsley Castle.
The names of the other gates — ** Ibcanor

©ate/' *' Dobbole ©ate/' " Smaller abill ©ate/'

and the "/IDorleg 1Roa& ©ate," define their
own positions. The Dobhole Gate was
standing in 1808.

Zbc Stocks

The village stocks, those old indispensables
for calming the turbulent, sobering . the
drunkard, and suggesting reform, have
disappeared, and with them all legend or
record of their use. The '*News Letters,"-
dated London, May 26th, 1696, will furnish
an example: — "Yesterday, an old woman
sate in y^ Stocks in y^ city 8 hours for
swearing."

In 1820 the old Smalley Stocks stood by
the wall of the Boys' Schoolyard.

The stocks at Puttenham, Surrey, many
years ago, stood on the south side of the
Churchyard about three feet from the wall.
It happened one night that " Master " Budd,
returning later than his wont from the " Jolly
Fanner," on reaching the stocks sat down
on the upper rail. In a few minutes he

1 In twenty vols, folio MSS., kindly lent to the author
by F. A. Newdigate, Esq., M.P., Arbury Hall.

96 Smalley

fell asleep and rolled over into the tall
weeds behind him. Some of his comrades
of the cup returning soon afterwards, found
him snoring in his uncomfortable bed, and
tried to arouse him. His only response was,
" Further away, Mary, further away ; ain't
no room to lay."

The stocks in Horsley Woodhouse in
1840 were standing on the bank by Buxton's
old house on the site of the present school,
commanding a fine view down the street.

There is no tradition of a village or
churchyard cross at Smalley, but there was
one at Horsley Woodhouse in the widest
part of the street still termed "The Cross,"
a little west of the old tanyard. In a
notebook containing memoranda of private
baptisms by the Rev. Thomas Ward,
formerly Vicar of Horsley in 1740, he
mentions " Tanton Cross," which he con-
sidered (and rightly, too) a corruption of
"Anthony's Cross." St. Anthony was
regarded in the olden time as the patron
of pork butchers, and his effigy, accompanied
by a pig with a bell attached to its collar,
may frequently be seen mounted over the
pork shops in France. There may have
been a pig-market of some fame at

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Woodhouse, and hence the name, " Tant "
being a common abbreviation for "Anthony."

The base of the village cross at Horsley,
consisting of a circular flight of stone steps,
was perfect until 1817, when it was removed
to provide its quota of material for the
construction of the village school. It stood
in the triangular space before the church-
yard entrance.

The village cross at Morley is well known.
A square block capital appears to have sup-
planted the original cross soon after the
Restoration. This was blown down and
broken a few years ago, when the Christian
symbol was happily restored by the present
rector.

Zbc IDillaoe (Bteen

Smalley Green lay at the south end of
the village, and was of larger extent than
many. The brook at the bottom of the hill
formed its southern boundary. A direct line
drawn from the hall southwards down to
the two pools at the entrance to the old
Green Farm will very nearly define the
western border. About eight or nine cottages
on this side have disappeared since 1800,
viz. : two or three in the hall pasture (the
first to disappear), a similar number by
Widdowson Lane, and three more at least
on the boundary at the back of the watering
troughs a Httle way up the hill. Now
following the brook course towards the
north-east, we arrive at Kyte's Lane, leading
to the " Rough " and the old stone quarry ;
passing up this lane northwards by the
farmhouse and proceeding still northwards in

a direct line, we arrive at "Woods' Yard"

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(three families of this name once occupied
it), and so by a curve to the Old Bell
Inn. This was the Green proper; it
extended no further, but there was once a
wide margin of unappropriated land on each
side the highway from Smalley Hall to
Heanor Gate.

On the western side, beginning at the
Hall, a direct line drawn from it northwards
to the churchyard wall (behind the Girls'
School, passing close by the front of the
modern reading room) will leave out (as an
encroachment) the old " Dog and Duck " with
the adjoining cottage and the two gardens,
bringing Mrs. Raynor's or the late Mr. John
Holbrook's homestead quite to the front.
From the churchyard wall, another line to
the post office passing northwards by the
door of the Baptists' Chapel and so on by
the front of the two houses at the entrance
to " Dobhole Lane," keeping still on the
line to " Gate Farm," will show what
encroachments have been made on this side.
Returning southwards, the course of the
eastern boundary is indicated by the follow-
ing positions or sites: the row of houses
opposite Dobhole Lane, the boys' school,
Mrs. T. Kyte's (formerly Thomas WooUey's),

loo Smalley

Holland's Well cottage, "Jockey" Booth's
old house, and Mr. Cox's, formerly Cresswell's.
From this point the space gradually contracted
to Saddler Brown's (opposite Baily-croft
Gate), near which the old highway entered
the hall grounds, passed by the front
windows and joined the present track again
opposite the old Bell Inn.

The writer thinks it not improbable that
Dobhole Lane was the original southern
boundary of the ancient park of Kiddesley,
as also the eastern bend of the road between
"Gate Farm" and Pit Lane. Gate Farm
clearly indicates the Park entrance from the
village.

an 3mportant IROtiCC regarding the

Smalles Enclosures, once affixed (by

six nails) to the old Church door,
ten years before the destruction of the
fabric, is now in the possession of Arthur
Radford, Esq.

"A List of the New Incroachments in
Smalley in the County of Derby this 6th
day of November, 1784 which will be deemed
as Common (to be allotted as such) unless the
occupiers can prove that they have been
taken in and held peaceably for the term

Smalley ioi

of twenty years before the passing of the
Inclosure Act: —

** Stephen Heawood — Homestead and Croft.

** Samuel Liggett — Homestead.

** Thomas Halls worth — Homestead and

Gardens.
** Henry Brown — Gardens.

**JoB Turton's — Watering Yard. [^Tke
'' Woodyard^' p. lo.]

** Samuel Kerry upon the Common — Part of
a Croft.

[The ** Rose and Crown " was built by him in 1768.
The disused well in the triangular Croft at the back of
the sixth milestone in the village marks the site of his
original home, and he is said to have dug the ** Holly
Well" close by for brewing purposes, which has long
supplied the vicinity with good water. ** Betty," his
wife, was an excellent woman, and her domestic and
maternal virtues were never more manifest than when
flitting with her treasures to her new abode. In spite
of the miry and uneven road (it was not levelled then),
she made her way with her best china tea-service on
her head and her little son in her apron. All honour
to Betty ! Her only daughter (another Betty), of the
** Three Horse Shoes," Morley Smithy, is described as
a " short, round-about woman, with her hair * done up *
in a roll, and a mob cap on the top." She died in
1 83 1, aged 79. — By one who knew her welLl

** Henry Kerry upon the Common — Croft.
** Thomas Smith upon the Common — Croft.
** Christopher Harrison — Croft.

I02 Smalley

** Joseph Moore — Homestead and Gardens.
"Widow Hand — Homestead in the Quarry
Hole on the Common.

[" Quarry Hole^^ now filled in, close by " Morley
Manor."]

** William Kerry, senr. — A piece by the
Common side.

[Near the Swinehill (north side).]

** William Kerry, junr. '- — Homestead and
Garden.

[At entrance to Wood's Yard.]

** John Redgate — Garden.

** Henry Kerry — Town. Garden (Dog and

Duck).
** Samuel Potts — Garden.
** Thomas Woolley — Homestead and Croft.

[Opposite " Kyte's Lane."]

** Benjamin and Widow Bennison — Croft.

[Behind the watering troughs on the green.]

** Widow Yeaveley — Garden.

[Joseph Yeaveley, her husband, was killed in Miarch,
i773> by falling into a pit at Simon Field. Garden
near No. 5.]

** Samuel Bailey — At the top of his Croft.
** William Brown — Garden. Yard.

[William Brown was one of the " Blues^^^ a Derby-
shire Volunteer Regiment which decamped at fiill
speed at the rumour of the approach of some of the
Pretender's forces in 1746. He always resented greatly

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any allusion to this valorous exploit. George Smedley
married Sarah, his daughter and heiress, and so became
owner of " Smedley's Yard." — See Derbyshire Archceo-
logical Journal^ vol. xxii. (1900), p. 40. j

*' Joseph Burgain, senr. — Garden.

'* William Elliott — Garden.

** Henry Kerry, by the School House Yard

— Garden.

[At the front of the present Bell Inn (•* Butcher
Kerry ").]

'* Joseph Booth — Cowhouse and Garden.

[Joseph Booth and Dorothy, parents of " Jockey ''
(John Booth). ** Jockey," born 1778, a coal higgler
in 1840 to Derby. When young, he visited fairs with
swing boats and ** WhirlgigSy" or ** Roundabouts,**
The cowhouse, lately a cartshed, is still standing at
the end of his cottage.]

'* Thomas Redgate — Garden.

** Samuel Saunders — Garden.

** John Barnes — Homestead and Garden.

** William Houseley — Garden."

(Taken from the Church door,
November 21st, 1784.)

penes Art. Radford, Esq.

ftibbesle^ or Ikibsle^

KiDSLEY forms the north-eastern portion of
the Parish or Township of Smalley. The
highway from Derby to Heanor divides this
district into two unequal portions, the smaller
of which — the north-eastern — formed the
ancient park of the Abbots of Chester. As
parks were designed for the preservation of
animals of the chase, main roads never
passed through them, and so here the
highway will be found to define its south-
eastern border. The acute turn of the road
at the top of the village without doubt
marks its south-western boundary, and the
locality of the main entrance is indicated by
" Gate " farm, now held by Mr. David
Derbyshire.

(In an old map of Smalley of 1784 no

building whatever is indicated on the west

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Smalley 105

side of the highway between the Post Office
and Gate Farm.^)

Kiddesley was one of the estates granted
by Ethelred II. to " Morkare," a.d. 1009.^
It was held by Algar, Earl of Mercia, with
Smalley, Weston, etc., in the time of
Edward the Confessor, and was subsequently
given, probably by Hugh, the first Norman
Earl of Chester, to the Abbey of S. Were-
burgh in that city. It was held by the
Abbot in Frank Almoigne of the aforesaid
Hugh, temp. Hen. III. In the following
reign the Abbot received a grant of Free
Warren in Morley, Smalley, and Kiddesley,
and would seem to have been chief lord, as
appears from his grants of minerals. His
tenants held their lands on terms of lease
until the Dissolution of Religious Houses in
1539, when all monastic estates were seized
by the King.

On the 26th October, 38 Henry VIII.
(1546), the manors of Smalley and Kiddesley
were granted by Letters Patent to Lord

j ^ There was one house at least on the site of Brentnall's

I Quarry by the Post Office, occupied by Will King,

I - needlemaker. Jonathan Beniston followed the same

occupation in 1801. He lived very near the Poor's

Cottage.

2 Hist MSS, Com, Rep., IL, p. 105.

io6 Smalley

William Paget. By Indenture 12 Nov.,
Anno 9 Elizab., the Rt. Honble. Henry
Paget, Kt, "Lord Paget of Beaudesart,"
entailed the Manors of Smalley and
Kiddesley upon his youngest brother Charles
Paget.

It is stated that Queen Elizabeth gave the
Manors of Smalley and Kidsley to Henry
Sacheverell, father of Jacinth. In 1698
Robert Sacheverell owned a farm at
Kiddesley, then in the tenure of "William
Oldknowle," at the rent of £25 14s. per
annum — undoubtedly the principal farm. As
at that time the land would be let for
about 5s. an acre, the rent would indicate
a farm of about one hundred acres in extent.
Kidsley Park Farm, about fifty years ago,
was held by Mr. Daniel Smith, the well-
known Quaker. He died January 3rd, 1863,
aged 94, and was the last of the " Friends "
who occupied this place. His daughter,
relict of the late Mr. William Davis, of
Kidsley, who died May 7th, 1863, became
the wife of the late Mr. W. H. Barber, B.A.,
of Smalley. She was a most accomplished
and exemplary lady. The following " Fare-
well to Kidsley" is from her pen. I shall
offer no apology for its insertion. Its

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sentiments are the overflowings of a large
and sympathetic heart, enfolding every
creature of God, and ever living as under
the shadow of His wing: —

jfarcwcll to Ikibelci? Iparft^

Farewell, farewell, thy pathways now by strangers' feet

are trod,
And other hands and horses strange henceforth shall

turn thy sod.
Yes, other eyes may watch the buds expanding in the

Spring,
And other children round that hearth the coming years

may bring.
But mine will be the memory of cares and pleasures there,
Intenser — that no living thing in some of them can

share, —
Commencing with the loved, and lost, in days of long

ago.
When one was present on whose head Atlantic's breezes

blow.
Long years ago he left that roof, and made a home afar —
For that is really only " home " where life's affections

are!
How many thoughts came o'er me, for old Kidsley has

" a name

And memory " — in the hearts of some not now unknown

to fame.
We dreamt not, in those happy times, that I should be

the last
Alone, to leave my native place — alone, to meet the

blast ; —

io8 Smalley

I loved each nook and comer there, each leaf and blade

of grass,
Each moonlight shadow on the pond I loved: but let it

pass —
For mine is still the memory that only death can mar;
In fancy I shall see it, reflecting every star.
The graves of buried quadrupeds, affectionate and true.
Will have the olden sunshine, and the same bright

morning dew.
But the birds that sang at even when autumn leaves were

sere,
Will miss the crumbs they used to get, in winters long

and drear.
Will the poor down-trodden miss me? God help them if

they do!
Some manna in the wilderness. His goodness guide them

to!
Farewell to those who love me! I shall bear them still

in mind,
And hope to be remembered by those I left behind:
Do not forget the aged man — ^though another fills his

place —
Another, bearing not his name, nor coming of his race.
His creed might be peculiar ; but there was much of good
Successors will not imitate, because not understood.
Two hundred years have come and past since George Fox

—first of " Friends "—
Established his religion there — ^which my departure ends.
Then be it so: God prosper these in basket and in store,
And make them happy in my place — ^my dwelling, never

more!
For I may be a wanderer — ^no roof nor hearthstone mine :
May light that cometh from above my resting-place define.

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Gloom hovers o'er the prospect now, but He who was

my friend

In the midst of troubled waters, will see me to the end.

Eva.
Derby y June ''6th, 1863.

George Fox, the founder of the Quaker
Society, was twice at Kidsley. In his
Journal he writes, when at Chesterfield,
1650:—

" They had me before the Mayor, and threatened to
send me, with some others, to the House of Correction;
and kept me in custody till it was late in the night. Then
the officers, with the watchmen, put us out of the town,
leaving us to shift as we could. So I bent my course
towards Derby, having a friend or two with me. In our
way we met with many professors; and at Kidsley Park
many were convinced."

Again, in 1654, he writes: —

"After this, we came into Nottinghamshire to Skegby,
where we had a great meeting of divers sorts of people;
and the Lord's power went over them, and all was quiet.
The people were turned to the Spirit of God, by which
many came to receive His power, and to sit under the
teaching of Christ their Saviour. A great people the
Lord hath in those parts.

" I passed towards Kidsley Park, where came many
Ranters; but the Lord's power checked them. From
thence I went into the Peak Country," etc.

I may add that the " Ranters " mentioned
here were not like the Ranters of the

no Smalley

present day, who are Primitive Methodists.
These old Ranters taught that they were
severally, God. Fox writes: — "After I had
reproved them for their blasphemous
expressions, I went away."

Sacbevetell XTenants in

In 1 69 1, as appears from " William Sacheverell's
Settlement," Kidsley comprised : —

(i) The Old Parke ^ heretofore in the
tenure of Henry Smith, Gent, and
late in the hands of John Smeeton,
deceased, and now held by widow
Smeeton.

(2) A farm in Kidsley in tenure of

Matthew Hill.

(3) A farm late in the tenure of Robert

Elliott.

(4) A farm in the holding of Widow

Linney.

(5) A parcel called "Robin Pitts," late

in the tenure of John and Samuel
Richardson.

On the 4th December, 1744, there were

III

1 1 2 Smalley

five separate farms with tenements and lands
in Kiddesley: —

(i) John Martin tenant.

(2) Thomas Holland tenant.

(3) Christopher Oldknow tenant.

(4) Widow Smeeton, relict of Thomas

Smeeton, tenant.

(5) Once held by Robert Elliott, but

afterwards by Widow Elliott.

In 1773 three tenants appear to have held
the aforesaid five farms: —

John Eley's farm, let for £4 3s. 8d.
Thomas Peak's farm, let for jCa^ i6s.
John Platts, for the Heanor Gate Farm,
,^15 13s. 2d.

Platts was succeeded by William Else,
who married Mary Platts, and died in 1789.
From them spring the Elses of Mapperley
and West Hallam. He was brother to
Robert Else, of Denby Old Hall, direct
ancestor of the Elses late of Horsley Park^
and the Turtons of Smalley.

^ Mr, Sam. Else died from the effects of a fall down
the club-room steps at the " Coach and Horses^^ at
Horsley, February 7th, 1855, aged 64.

Zhc ©lb Sacbevetell Estate

in Smalleig

This comprised almost the whole of the
township until 29th September, 1698, when
Robert Sacheverell, the last of the male
representatives of the Morley line, mortgaged
the greater part of it to Mrs. Jane Staunton
for ;^i,200. (She was the second daughter
of Hervey Staunton, whose daughter Dorothy
became the wife of Rev. Richard Wilmot,
D.D., Rector of Morley.) The said Jane
Staunton was married to Simon Degge, Esq.,
who conveyed the Smalley estates to John
Gery, and he, in 1709, received the
remainder of the property for ;^500 more
from the said Robert Sacheverell. In con-
sideration of the payment of ;^ 1,781 paid to
John Plumtree, Esq., from whom the
original sum of ;^2,045 had been borrowed,
the said Mr. Plumtree conveyed the Smalley
estates in 1734 to the Trustees of Robert
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1 14 Smalley

Sacheverell for his right heirs. These
Trustees were Edward Pole, German Pole,
of Radbourne, Esq., George and Anne Clifton,
of Clifton, and Ann Sacheverell.

Robert Sacheverell died in London from
a fall from his horse^ in December, 1714,
and was buried with his ancestors at Morley,
13th December, 17 14, aged 45. His first
wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Hervey
Staunton, Esq., of Staunton. She was
interred at Morley 30th January, 1701, aged
26. She left issue by the said Robert —
Elizabeth^ wife of Edward, third son of
Samuel Pole, Esq., of Radbourne, through
whom the Radbourne family of Poles are
descended; and Ann^ wife of George
Clifton, from whom came the Newtons of
Bulwell and London in 1794, of whom
Robert Newton, a colonel in the army, was
then the surviving representative. The
Batemans and Wilmot-Sitwells are descended
respectively from the two sisters of the said
Robert Sacheverell, viz., Elizabeth, wife of
John Osborn, Esq., and Joyce, wife of
Robert Wilmot, Esq., of Chaddesden.

In 1698 the Sacheverell estate in Smalley

^London ^^ News Letters.'^

Smalley 115

(recapitulated in the deed of 1734, from
which these particulars are derived) com-
prised the following twenty parcels : —

(i) A tenement and farm in the tenure of
Thomas Holland}

[This family occur from 1630 to 1801.]

(2) A farm in the tenure of Samuel Golling^

including 2 closes called " Hibberds."

[The Gollings were at Smalley from 1657 to
1747 . — Register, "l

(3) Waterhouse Farm; (4) Manchester's

Farm, Both in the joint tenure of
Saml. and John Richardson, Esqrs.

[The Waterhouses were at Smalley from 1660
to 1 771; and the Manchesters are recorded
from 1662 to 167 1, when Thomas, the
father, died.]

(5) A cottage in the tenure of Widdow
Hibberd,

[Widow Hibbert was probably relict of Thomas

^ Thomas Holland and Samuel Golling were both
direct ancestors of the author, whose family is first named
in 1640 in the Smalley Register, though the settlement
was a generation earlier. The Kerry s were settled at
Breadsall in 1550. Katharine, the wife of Robert Kerry,
of that place, died there in 167 1, aged 103 years. The
Smalley family, from the similarity of names, seems to
have been an early offshoot. The Breadsall stock has
long been extinct. " Thomas Corbutt, servant to Thomas
Holland of this town of Smalley, who was accidentally
killed by the falling in of a stone quarry was bwried on
Thursday the 19th of May 1692." — Register,

ii6 Smalley

Hibbert, of Smalley, who died in 1678. —
Marley Register ^l

•*(6) 'HthheriTs Close' held by Thomas
Woodward."

[This family occur from 1697 to 1740.]

(7) Two Cottages called ^^ High YatesT

(See No. 17.)

(8) ''N aggies Close:' held by Thomas

Woodward.

{See abave,") [The Naggle family occur in the
Register from 1658 to 1712.]

(9) Tenement and farm in occupation of
John Booth.

[This family occurs from 1657 to recent times.]

(10) ''A Water Corn-mill^ in the tenure
of Edward Saunders.

["0/ the mill;' in 1682. He died in 17 10.
His family are recorded from 1631 to 1801.]

(11) A tenement held by Thomas Martin.

[The Martins are registered from 1662 to
1905-]

(12) A messuage and farm let to Thomas
Hervey.

[This family occur from 1659 to 1737.]

** (13) A tenement and farm in the tenure of
Henry Holland."

{See above.) [Holland, 1630 to 1801.]

^The Rectors of Morley having officiated at Smalley,
frequently inserted the record of their ministration in
the Morley books on their return. One can easily imagine
no ink or bad quills in Smalley vestry in those days.

Smalley 117

"(14) * BamistorHs Croftl occupied by
George Boot."

[Should be, no doubt, ^^Benisiotis Crofts
This latter name occurs from. 1658 to 1800.
Removed to Heanor Parish. The Boots
were at Smalley from 1662. George died
in 1708.]

"(15) A Parcel called ' Hease' in the
tenure of John Spencer."

[Dr. Cox, in his Derbyshire Annals^ records
his appointment to be gamekeeper to Robert
Sacheverell for Smalley and Kidsley in
171 1. He was a "framework knitter," and
died in 1728. This John, by his wife Alice^
had a son Thomas, who died in 1740, and
his wife Sarah died in 1769, aged 77. Their
gravestone stands opposite the south door
of Smalley Church.]

" (16) * Calladine Farm! "

[This family are recorded from 1661 to 1796.]

"(17) ^ High Yates C loses l^ in the tenure

of William RigleyT
{See No. 7.) [1655-1724.]

^ No. 17. A dispute about the preliminaries of coal
getting, or the location of a pit in half an acre of land in
these High Yates Closes belonging to Jacinth Sacheverell,
took place between him and Mr. Patrick Richardson in
1650. (The latter carried his suit.) These fields were
quite distinct from the " High Gates Field " which was
included in the estate purchased by Mr. William
Richardson in 16 10 — forty years before — and which was
part of the Abbot of Chester's land granted to the Pagets,
and never assigned to the Sacheverells. — See under " New
Barn:'

1 1 8 Smalley

"(i8) A Farm in the tenure of Edward
Newton, at ;^22 per annum."

[He was buried in 17 19. The Newtons occur
from 1671 to 1786.]

"(19) A Farm in the tenure of Thomas
Rogers, at jCs i6s. rental."

[The Rogers family is of Horsley extraction,
and appears in the Smalley books from 1672
to the death of Samuel the clerk, who was
'* buried 20th September, 1841.]

" (20) A Farm at Kiddesley, in the tenure
of William Oldknowle, at the rent of
£2^ 14s. per ann."

[This family occur from 1698 to present
period.]

Ill 1793 John Radford, Esq., obtained
some of these old Sacheverell lands at
Smalley in exchange with Mr. Pole, of
Radbourne, for some Radford lands near
Radbourne.

Stainsby is no modern name. The spot
was so designated in 1676, and undoubtedly
long before, for two centuries ago the silly
practice of applying borrowed and irrelevant
names was unknown. The word signifies
the " "place of stones l^ or the " stoned It
could not have been named from any
quarry, because it has no useful stone within
reach, but must have derived its appellation
from some old memorial, either cairn or
menhir, once existing here, but destroyed
since Danish times. This theory is supported
not only by the frequency of such memorials
in olden times, but by the fact that pre-
historic stone implements of the " neolithic "
stone age have been discovered in the
neighbourhood during the last century.

In 1676 Stainsby House was occupied,

and perhaps owned, by George More, who

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was then appointed an original trustee of
John Lockoe's charity for Horsley and
other places. It afterwards became the
property of the Fletchers, who were colliery
owners in the neighbourhood. From them
it passed to the Barbers, as appears from a
mural monument to the Fletchers in Horsley
Church. John Barber, living at Stainsby in
1767, was the son of Francis Barber, Esq.,
of Gresley, by Elizabeth, sister of Robert
Fletcher, of Stainsby, who died in 1731,
and the daughter of Robert Fletcher, of
Kilboume, who died in 1711.^

The manor, with much of the estate of
Horsley and Horsley Woodhouse, was
purchased from the Stanhopes, Earls of
Chesterfield, by an ancestor of the present
owner, Robert Sacheverell Wilmot-Sitwell,
Esq., about 1770. The old house was
greatly enlarged by the late Edward Degge
W. Sitwell, Esq., in 1839, when a portico
was erected on the north side, and new
domestic offices with brewhouse, extensive
cellarage, new stables, coachhouses, etc., were
constructed. A very spacious and handsome

^A vane of this period from the old Stainsby
House, surmounted by a pick and shovel (saliire-wise),
is now on a gable of the Post Oflfice buildings at Smalley.

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drawing room was added about 1885 by the
present owner.^

An open Gothic parapet which once
adorned the court entrance to the Derby
Nunnery (erected by W. Pugin in 1846) on
the Nottingham Road, now stretches along
the weir wall between the two fishponds,
with pretty effect.

The kennels just below are reminiscences
of the late Edward Degge Wilmot-Sitwell,

^ About the year 1839, a lawyer was employed to " look
over " the large collection of records and muniments at
Stainsby belonging to the Wilmot-Sitwell family,
descendants of the ancient lords of Morley and Smalley,
with the result that at least " two large cart loads " of
them, comprising all the earliest (and to that gentleman
the least legible) documents were committed to the flames.
There can be no doubt that many of the old Sacheverell
writings (now so scarce) perished in this grievous act of
vandalism — a fragment (given to a servant for luggage
labels) consisting of a portion of an inventory of goods
at Sissinghurst old mansion, in Kent, taken in 1666, fell
into my hands many years ago, and has been restored to
the family.

A loss of this kind is not so much personal as national,
for hereby a portion of the kingdom (however small rela-
tively) is deprived of its earlier archives (and so its history)
which can never be replaced. Even old deeds, however
useless they may have become as regards title^ are invalu-
able records of the past, and illustrate their own locality.
It need not be said how much the present family regret
their loss, and every enlightened member of the com-
munity must fully sympathise with them.

The same " ill-starred " lawyer made similar havoc
with the older writings of the Richardson-Radford family,
of Smalley, some time afterwards {teste Art^ Radford,
Esq., who saw the bonfire when a child).

122 SmALLEY

who kept a few braces of good greyhounds
here for his favourite pastime of coursing.

Xinftwoob,

close by Stainsby, was once a farmhouse
occupied by the Radfords, a branch of a
long-established Horsley family. William,
the last of them who resided here, had five
stalwart sons, each of whom stood six feet
and more, and it was their fathers frequent
boast that he had " Ten yards of lads''
They were born at Linkwood between 1757
and 1772. John, the eldest, was a clever
surveyor and engraver. Buried at West
Hallam in 18 16. Some of his descendants
are living at Billesdon, Leicesters. Patience,
their sister, died at Nuneaton in 1850, but
her grave and monument may be seen at
the east end of Horsley Church.

The name " Linkwood " is suggestive, and
evidently hails from the time when torches
or links were used for out-of-door illumination.
It was probably so-called either because it
provided the material for making them, or
because they were needed to thread its
shady recesses after nightfall.

Oliver Fletcher, a gardener at Stainsby,
said to have been a centenarian, died here

Smalley 123

about 1840. From their frequent use of
the name " Oliver," his stock would almost
seem to have been derived from the family
of the Fletchers, of Makeney in Duffield
(temp. Queen Elizabeth), by whom it had
been in use for several generations before
that time. {Duffield Court Rolls,) From
1788 to 1792 the name '* Oliver Fletcher"
appears on the list of those receiving
** Collier's Pay," once employed, perhaps,
at the Woodhouse Lane pits. ** Old Oliver"
was a member of the Smalley church choir.

^orle^ ^anor*'

This mansion, recently erected in the parish
by Mrs. Sacheverell Bateman, is built in the
Tudor style after designs by Thomas
Bodley, Esq., one of the most distinguished
architects of our time. It stands on the old
Sacheverell estate on the borders of Morley,
and may justly be considered a worthy
representative of the ancient home of the
Sacheverells of that place, taken down about

1750.

There is no modern structure in the

county which may compete with this in
characteristic beauty; it is an admirable
example of its style, and in it the architect
may almost be said to have surpassed him-
self. The building is constructed of the red
sandstone of the neighbourhood, and the
general tone is soft and harmonious, such
as the lapse of time usually imparts.

Most of the lower windows — each of

several muUions — are decorated with armorial

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escutcheons of the family, some shewing
many quarterings. Each shield is enclosed
within a leafy spiral wreath finely executed
in painted glass by Messrs. Burlison and
Grills, of London. The principal rooms are
enriched with costly oak panelling, and
adorned with family portraits of the
Sacheverells, Batemans, etc. Over the
principal entrance is a large stone panel of
the Bateman arms enshrined in rich foliated
mantling.

The approach to the house by the entrance
lodge, through its lofty wrought-iron gates,
is all that could . be desired, and the view
from the terrace stretching out into the far
distance in woody undulations, greatly
enhances the charm of the position.

We are much indebted to Mrs. Sacheverell
Bateman for the picturesque view of the
" Manor " and the portrait of Jacinth
Sacheverell. The name Hyacinth Sache-
verell, with the date 1638, may be traced
on the canvas near the left shoulder, but the
lines are too faint to respond to the camera.
Lower down, too, on the same side, in small
Roman capitals, is the plaintive Latin
inscription, given with a metrical translation
under the account of the Almshouses.

Diatig of ^t« Joseph dbo^B

Mr. Joseph Moss, formerly a framework
knitter of Woodhouse Lane, for several
years kept a Diary of the principal events
and incidents in the locality: a most
commendable undertaking. It is much to
be regretted that so few attempt anything
of the kind, so useful, and always interest-
ing. Besides the registration of marriages
and funerals, we have notices of storms,
removals, accidents, sales, robberies, police
captures, festivities, re-openings of churches,
and many other matters. His record begins
in 1855, ^^d ends in 1881,

Mr. Moss was a violinist of some ability,
and was in great demand at all rural
festivities. He was a good singer, and sang
(inter alia) " The Beggar's Ramble " with

his own local variations^ in good style, and

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usually with much eclat. The following are
a few extracts from his Diary : —

" 1856. Oct 21. Subscription portrait presented to John
Radford, Esq., of Smalley Hall. Chair taken by
J. W. Evans, Esq."

" 1857. Apr. 2. Smalley Church broken into and
plundered of the Prayer Book and vestments.
Thief apprehended at Nottingham pledging the
articles at a pawnbroker's. One year's imprison-
ment with hard labour."

'• — March 29. Stephen Foulks, farmer and cattle
dealer, of Bell Lane, Smalley, died, aged 60 years.
Sale Oct. 21."

" 1858. Feb. 28. Ed. Degge Sitwell's 80th birthday.
Ball to domestics and friends at Stainsby."

" — July. Restoration of Horsley Church. New
weathercock placed on spire by Charles, son of
Mr. Anthony Kerry, the builder, on the 31st. A
few days later, the south arches of the nave fell
down, bringing with it the roofs of nave and south
aisle. The pillar next the tower had been under-
mined by the making of a grave, and as soon as
the gravestone over it was moved the column
began to settle : a loud shout was made, and the
workmen had only just time to scamper out of the
building before the roof and top windows and all
came down."

" 1859. Mar. 28. The Glebe at Smalley let out in
allotments to the industrious cottagers of Smalley. "^

" — August 30. The harvest in this part of the country
is over, and was never known better."

128 Smalley

*' i860. Feb. 19. The well-known old yew tree near the
Rose and Crown, Smalley, fell a victim to the fury
of the storm which swept over the country."^

" i860. July 21. Edward Degge Sitwell, Esq., of
Stainsby House, died in London, aged 82 years.
Buried at Morley. Carried to the grave by his
servants, viz. : William Holbrook, bailiff ; Will
Bates, gamekeeper; Robert Fletcher, gardener;
Joseph Brentnall, servant; Will. Carrington,
gardener; and John Woollands."

" — Sep. II. Re-opening of Horsley Church. Col-
lection £133 6s. A collation served in the
Schoolroom afterwards — something after the
fashion of electioneering: — ^the wealthy and proud
were filled with good things, but the humble and
poor were sent empty away."

" — Dec. 20. Thorn. Bateman, Esq., celebrated the
christening of his son and heir (SacHev^^) by giving
a dinner, tea, and ball, at the Rose and Crown,
Smalley. The musicians were George Burgoyne
and Joseph Moss, author of this diary."

" 1862. Sep. I. Lord and Lady Palmerston drove
through Smalley in a carriage and four on their
way to Eastwood."

" 1863. Sep. 30. Smalley Church re-opened after the

construction of the new aisles."
" 1866. John Radford, of Smalley, Esq., died, aged S8

vears."

^ It stood on a bank exactly opposite the fifth milestone
from Derby. The trunk was very massive, and the branches
nearly all dead, about half the roots having been removed
with the bank at a lowering of the road, probablv in
1833.— C. K.

John Radford, Esq., J. P.,

Latt tf Smattey Hall.

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" 1867. Sep. 3. The foundation-stone at the re-building
of Heanor Church was laid by the venerable John
Ray, Esq., of Heanor Hall."

*' — Sep. 5. Died suddenly at Kilbourn, Henry

Hunter, Esq^ aged 59 years."
" 1872. April 21. Mr. Robert Boden, surgeon, of

Smalley, died aged 74."

"1874. Feb. 13. Rev^ Hervey Wilmot Sitwell died at
Stainsby House, aged 80 years."

" 1875. J^^- 24. Mrs. Harriet Jervis, of Quamdon, only
dau. of Rob^ W. Sitwell, Esq., of Morley, died."

^' — Mar. 17. Joseph Caley died at Loscoe aged 93
years. Had buried 6 wives. Supported his house
by coal higgling. j£soo said to have been found
about his bed after death. Etc., etc."

Ipretenbcr of 1745^6

IKIlooUci? of Smallci?*

The late Mr. Robert Milnes, Solicitor, formerly
of Oxford Street, London, related an interest-
ing anecdote regarding the origin of the
Woolleys of Collingham, who seem nowadays
to be much better off in the world than the
Smalley Woolleys ever were. The story
goes that at the time of the visit of the
second Pretender to Derby in 1746, one
WooUey of Smalley, a carrier of coals to
Derby, was, on his return impressed with
his horse and cart into the service of a
band of retreating Scotchmen, and made to
convey some heavy packages at their bidding.
The party were surprised on the road and
pursued by some English troopers, leaving
Woolley with his concealed burden. Having
convinced himself that he was in actual
possession of some of the Pretender's

treasure, he thought it prudent to decamp

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Smalley 131

also, and went and settled at Collingham ;
at least so said the aged people of that
place. The incident must have occurred
somewhere on the way between Derby and
Smalley, for a band of these invaders, on
their retreat, cleared Mrs. Elizabeth Richard-
son's stables at Smalley Hall, leaving their
exhausted shaggy ponies in exchange.

The WooUey family have been at Smalley
a long time. The following is the earliest
notice of them yet found : —

"Jan. 7. 16 1 9. I buryed old John Wolley of Smalley,
and receyved my mortuary the same day of Arthur
his Sonne." William Bennett, Rector. — Morley
Register.

Note. — The late Mr. Robert Boden, surgeon, of
Smalley, had an old Claymore, found many years ago
on Drumhill, Breadsall Moor, lost or left by the Scottish
fugitives. Another magnificent example left by the
Pretender's Army and long treasured in Derby, belongs to
the writer. The blade bears the name of the famous
ANDREA FERARA on both sides; whilst the guard
is of finely-wrought iron with grotesques, with two heads
in Tudor helmets, etc. Another, left at Wingfield Manor,
and bearing the same name, is still in existence.

Hssise IRoIls

On the Assize Roll for Derbyshire of
9 Edward I. (anno 1281, Roll 152, Record
Office), is the following: —

Thomas the brother of Simon de Leyton— Shropshire —
slew Robert the son of Robert of Smalley with a certain
hurdle (" cleta "), in a place called Blackwellstock. Thomas
who is a man of evil repute, fled. He is a stranger and
is now an outlaw. His chattels, for which the sheriff is
responsible, are worth one shilling. He was of the Frank
Pledge of Smalley ; but the villagers cannot produce him ;
therefore they are in mercy. The person who first found
the dead man is of good report, therefore he is acquitted
No Englishr}'. Judgment — " Murder on the Wapentake.^'
— Translation.

In June, 131 7, William de Grendon,

plaintiff, became possessed of one messuage

with nine acres of ploughland and one of

meadow in Smalley, formerly the property of

Richard de Eyton and Matilda his wife, for

which he (Grendon) gave ten marks of

silver. (The Grendons, in the previous

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century, wiere great benefactors to Dale
Abbey.)

From the /IDustCt IRoll of the Hundred of
Morleston and Litchurch, made in 1587,
pending the great Spanish Invasion, it
appears that the townships of Morley and
Smalley provided two men to represent them,
viz., Richard Hassard, who was armed with
a " calliver," or musket, and Richard Briggs,
an archer. Both these family names occur
in the early registers of Morley and Smalley.

About the year 1839 a prehistoric stone
HAMMER, with both flat and cutting ends, was
ploughed up in the " Bottoms " (the field
above the Mill Dam on the old " Green
Farm).^ It was caught by the plough colter
in the eye, and so broken. The pieces were
laid on the bank under an oak on the old
Common Fence embankment, close by, and

1 The name " Smalley Green Farm " has been very
recently applied by a former tenant to a farm up Swinehill
Lane, to which it is not at all applicable, for the old Smalley
Green farm is still intact, and the " Swinehill " farm is
quite outside the old " Green " boundary, which only
extended to the brook at the bottom of Smalley Hill.
The latter farm is composed of a re-adjustment of fields
all once " common " lands, and is part of another estate.
This misnomer has unfortunately been perpetuated on the
Ordnance Map. More appropriately it ought to have
been named the " Swinehill " farm, as comprising that
charmiifg elevation, in accordance with all ancient
precedent in nomenclature.

1 34 Smalley

were not recovered until 1862, when,
unfortunately, a small piece was missing
from the eye. The two principal parts are
now in the author s possession. Another very
fine one dug up in Horsley Park by the
late Mr. Samuel Else in 1835, was presented
by him to the author in 1 850. With it were
some flint celts, long since lost.

^orleig IRaces

About the commencement of the last century,
when asses were much used for pack-saddle
purposes, a yearly show of these animals was
held during the wakes week at Morley
Smithy, when many of them changed hands,
and races were instituted to exhibit their
quality. The competition was open to the
neighbourhood, and great was the rural
excitement. Mine host of the " Three Horse
Shoes " provided a cup for the winner,
and Mr. Paul Fisher, of Brackley Gate, was
steward and master of the course. Paul was
a great man on these occasions. Attired
in ** Cock -and -Pinch ** hat, long waistcoat,
knee boots and short -breasted coat, riding-
whip in hand, his presence was felt every-
where. It was " Mr. Fisher " from every
quarter, though plain " Paul " on all other
occasions. He was a great wag, full of
humour, a genial companion, and half the

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136 Smalley

life of the country side. Handbills of the
races were printed, headed with an appro-
priate woodcut of grand stand, winning post,
scales for weighing the jockeys, etc. One of
these, printed by Wilkins in 181 7, is now
in the possession of Sir Henry H. Bemrose.

Paul's donkey was named '' Ling- Cropper''
from its pasturage on the moor. Tailor
Wheatcroft's steed was * * Prick - stitch,'' by
** Cabbage," and so on of the rest. On one
of these occasions a Smalley youth was
seen struggling with his ass in a deep dyke
by the roadside, into which the animal had
conveyed his rider instead of securing the
honours of the race, and, despite all urging
and coaxing, the creature would not move.
" Hallo, my lad," said the squire, who
happened to be passing at the time, "When
do the races begin ? " " We are running
now, sir" was the jockey's response.

It was great sport on these occasions for
the Morley youths to thwart or impede any
outside competitors; a favourite trick being
to push both steed and rider into some dyke
or pond; and, no doubt, the Smalley candi-
date had been favoured with their attentions.

place IFlames

There is much in old place names, often
much local history, e.g.: —

* ' Breadsall " — Braidds - Hall. {^Domesday —
*^ Braideshale.")

*'Cotmanhay" — The Hay, Hag, or enclosure
of the ** cot-men'' or cottars of Domes-
day.

'' Kirk Hallam " — The Hall-home, with the
Kirk ; distinguishing it from West Hallam,
where the church is of more recent
foundation, though as early as 1260 at
least.

** Denby'* — The place or home of the Dane]
and if Bottle Brook should be a
corruption of S. Botolph's Brook, as
some have thought, we have in it an
interesting corroboration.

138 Smalley

** Locko " signifies a hospital for lazars. There
was a religious foundation for the relief
of lepers at this place.

What a sad thing it would be to substitute
other names for these. There is a sacred
halo round an ancient name, which should
preserve it from change or oblivion. Let
me give a sad instance of perversion :
" Bag Lane," in Derby, has been lately
changed into East Street. But why? What
have the Bagge family — ^who once had a house
here — done amiss that their ancient connection
with the town should be erased? If my
memory serves me, I think they were
allied to some of our ancient families not
far off. In this way the ignorant transgress
in their pastures new.^

Probably ** Walker Lane '* will, after, its
improvements, soon be assigned a new name.
There is no reason whatever for it. Now
light, publicity, and fresh air can sweep down
it, its unsavoury character will soon pass
away. A " walker " was a fuller who cleaned
or whitened new woollen cloth by walking or

^ In a Corporation deed of 1647 we have : "A messuage
in S. Peter's parish in a place or lane called Castle
Gate, otherwise Bag Lane." — {Sir Henry H, Bemrose).
Is it too late to change East Street into " Castle Gate " .?

Smalley 139

trampling upon it with his bare feet in the
fulling process. Nearly opposite ** Walker
Lane " we have ** Full Street," i.e,, Fullers
Street or Fulling Street, close by the water
side, where the " walkers " were employed.
Fullers' earth, much usfed by them, is still
familiar.

Easter, 1 905 .

2>eo solum eit
laud et drattae

Jnbej:

Abbey of Chester, 78.
Abbot, Henry, 87 ; Saml.,

90 ; John, 90.
Ague, The, 41.
Aisles, New, Smalley Ch.,

South, 33.
Albs, 23.

Alfreton, Vicar of, 49.
Algar, Earl, 2, 105.
Allen family, 7.
Allen's wood-yard, 18.
Alport, Mr. John, 60.
Almshouses, Sacheverell, 55.
Altar-pace, 19.
Alsop, Mr., 43.
Anthony, St., 96.
Arbury Hall War, 95.
Ardeme, Forest of, 7.
Arderne, Simon de, 70.
Ashton, Tho., 79.
Aston, Edwd., 37.
Asses — "Jewell" and

" Deborah," 92.
Assize Rolls extract, 132.
Astrologer, An, 73.

Bag-Lane, or Castle Gate,

Derby, 138.
Baggot Ridding, 22.
Bagpipe-chaunter, 30.
Bagshawe, Rev. Jno., 48.

Bailey Croft, 22, 24, 66, 82,
100, 102.

Baker, 45.

Bakewell, Rev. Jno., 49.

Barber, Mr. W. T., 106.

Mrs. Eliz., " Farewell to

Kidsley," 106-7.

Barker, Saml., 26.

Banns prohibited, 45.

Baptists' children, 40.

Baptist Chapel, 74-99; So-
ciety, 74.

Barnes, Jno., 103.

Bateman family, 114, 128.

Mrs. Sacheverell, 10, 58,

124, 125.

Bates, Wm., 128.

Bayley Kirkman, 26.

Bayley, Rev. Wm., 48.

Beam, Old carved, 18.

Beard, Rev. Tho., 49.

Beaumont, Normandy, 2.

Bed, A damp, 40.

"Beggar's Ramble," 126.

Bells of old church, 14, 23;
ropes, 24.

"Sacring," 23.

" Bell " Inn, The Old, 77, 99,
100 ; New, 103.

Bemrose, Sir Henry H., 36.

Benefit Clubs, 69.

141

142

Index

Benefaction-Boards, 19; at

Morley, 51.
Benefactors, 32.
Benniston fam., 29, 30, 45,

102, 105.
Benniston's croft, 117.
Bingham, Rev. Jas., 49.
" Blues," The Derbys, 102.
Bodley, Tho., Esq., Archt.,

124.
Boden, Rob., Surgeon, 129-

Boot, Geo., 117.

Booth, John (" Jockey "),

100, 103, 116; jos., 103.
Botolph, Saint, 137.
Bottoms, The, 133.
Boundaries, Parish, i.
Bovate, What, 4.
Boys' School, 32, 58.
Brackley-gates, 93, 94, 135.
Bradbury, Jos., 26, 66;

Saml., 77.
Bradfield Hall, 77.
Bradshaw, Rev. W., 32, 39,

50 ; Joseph, 49.
Brandreth, Ric, Esq., 84.
Breadsall, 26, 84, 115, 137.
Breadsall Priory, 23.
Brentnall, Jos., 128.
Brentnall's Quarry, 105.
Brickmakers, 44 ; layers, 45.
Briggs, Ric, 133.
Broad-meadow, 78.
Brown fam., 10, 72.
Brown, John and Mary, 66 :

Saml. the Saddler, 24,

100 ; William, 102.
Budd, " Master," 95.
Burgoyne, Jos., 103; Geo.,

128.
Burley, Mich, and Mary, 73.
Burial Ground, Baptists', 76.

Burlison and Grills, 125.
Burnhurst, Bumthurst, Brim-

thurst, 63.
Bury, Rev. J. W., 50.
Butcher, 45.

Cade, Rev. Jno., 49.

Caldow, Rev. Jno., 50.

Caley of Loscoe, 129.

Calf-close, 78.

Calladine Farm, 117.

Caliver or Musket, 6.

Castle Gate, alias Bag-Lane,
Derby, 138.

Celts flint, 134.

Census, classification of in-
habitants, 44.

Chalmers, Rev. R. S., 50.

Chancel, 19.

Charlesworth, Rev. T. B.,
Vicar, 24, 31, 50, 59.

Charities, 51, 56, 65.

Chaucer's miller, 87.

Chauntry, 22 ; Endowments,
22 ; Founder 22.

Chester, Abbot of, 77, 104,

Chesterfield, Earls of, 120.
Choir, Instrumental, 29, 123.
Christian, early memorial, 1 1 .
Church, The old, 11, 14, 37,

64.
Modern, 27, 43; robbed,

127.

Registers, 36-39.

^Yard, 37.

Claymore, A, 131.
Clerical duties, 48.
Clifton, Geo. and Anne, 114.
Cloves Hill, 87, 89, 93.
" Clubroom, The," 69.
Clubs, Benefit, 69.
Coal-miners, 44.

Index

Coal, sold, 58, 59.

Higglers, 44, 130.

Coates, Tho., 8.

Coffin lid stone memorial, 13.

Coin of Edwd. IV., 9.

Coke-yards or * " Crook-
yards," 8.

Colliers' charity, 61-63.

Collingham, 130, 131.

Commons, Enclosure of, 41.

Commonwealth, The, 38.

Communion Table, 19.

Confirmation at Derby, 41.

Constables, Parish, 72.

Cooper, Eliz., 65.

Copgrave or Cotgrave Farm,
80.

Coppice-Dumble, 8, 89.

Corbutt, Tho., 115.

Cordwainers, 44.

Cornmill-water, 116.

Cornwall, Cecily, 51.

Corporas cloth, 23.

Cotmanhay, 137.

Cottage Gardens, 20.

Coventry, 2.

Cox, Mr., Parish Clerk, 100.

Cresswell, Jos., 59; family,
74 ; old home, 100.

Cross, Churchyard, 96; Mor-
ley, 97.

Village, Horsley, 96 ;

Horsley Woodhouse, 96.

Crumwell, Ralph de, 70.

Dale Abbey, 133.
Dainty dish. A, 30.
Davis, Mr. Will., 106.
Deeds, Destruction of old, 121.
Degge, Simon, Esq., 113.
Denby, Curate of, 1632, 37,

61, 137-
Hallows, 78, 84.

Denby, Old Hall, 112.
Derby, disaffected persons, 42.
— —and Mansfield Road, i.

Gaol, 72.

Diary of Mr. Jos. Moss, 127.
Dissolution of Abbeys, 105.
Dix, Mr. Saml., 60.
Dobhole Lane, 91, 99; Gate,

94.
"Dog and Duck" Inn, 25,

99.
Dole, Dame Godith's, 51.
Domesday Survey, i, 3.
Doughty, Rev. Tho., 50.
Drink, 24.

Drought, A great, 41.
Duboiley, Rev., 48.
Dumer, Rev. Tho., 37, 48.

Eastwood, 128.

Edinburgh, 60.

Edwin and Morcar, Earls, 2.

Eley, Jno., 112.

Elizab., Queen, 106.

Elliott, Tho., of Kidsley, 37;

Will., 103; Rob., 112.
Else, Jno., 26; Will., 112;

family, 112; Mr. Saml.,

'i34-
Ely, I. of, 2 ; Bp. of, 49.

Embezzlement, 21.

Enclosure of Commons, 41 ;

Private E., 100.
Endowment School, 58.
Ethelred II., King, 2.
" Eva," the late Mrs. W. T.

Barber, 109.

Farmers, 44.

Ferara, Andrea, sword, 131.
Fisher, Paul, 93, 135.
Fletcher, R., 61, 128; Oliver,
122.

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Index

Fletchers, colliery owners,
1 20.

Fosbrook, Leonard, 55.

Foulkes, Steph., 127.

Fox, Geo. (Quaker), 109.

Framework-knitters, 44.

France in 1792-3, 42.

Frank Pledge, 132.

Free-warren, 70, 105.

" Friends, The," 106.

Full Street, Derby, 138.

Fuller, Tho., Church His-
torian, 87.

Galler}', Church, 29.
Gallows overturned, 70.
Gas, its effects, 18, 35.
Gate Farm, 99, 100, 104.
Girls' School, 72.
Gisbume Charity, 65.
Glass, Painted, in the old
church, 14, 15.

Artists, 125.

in the modern church, 34.

Goddard, Miss Martha, 72.
GoUing, Saml., 115.
Goodale, Dame, 51.
Green, The Village, 98.

Farm, 98, 133.

Grendon, W. de, 132.
Gresley, Rev. G. N., 59.
Grey, John, 113.
Grocer, 45.

Hall, Smalley, 81.
Hallam, Kirk, 40.

West, 70.

Hallsworth, Tho., 10 1.
Hand, Widow, 102.
Hard-meadow, 78.
Hardy, John, 89.
Harpur, Rev. John, 38 ; Rec-
tor of Morley, 58.

Harrison, Christr., 10 1.
Harvest, A good, 127. '
Heanor, 117; Church, 129;

Wood, 5, 8; Gate Farm,

44, 112.
Hease, 117.
Hervey, Tho., 116.
Hibbert, Tho., 116; Widow,

115-
Hibberd's, 115; Close, 116.

Hieron, John, Esq., 61.

High-gates, 78, 84, 116;

closes, 117.
Highways, Parish, 42.
Hill, Matt., III.
Hobson, W., 59.
Hodgkinson, Mary, 8.
Holbrook, Jno., 87, 99.
Holland's Well, 100.
Thomas, 112, 115;

Henry, 116.
Horse-shoes, The Three, 73.
Horsley, i, 8, 120; Cross,

97.
Church, 127, 128.

Park, 8, 134.

Vicar of, 47, 49.

Woodhouse, 59, 60, 91,

96, 120.

J» 59-

Horsley's croft, 22.

Housley, Wm., 26.
Howard, Sir Geo., 22.
Huish, John, Esq., 33.
Hungry Courtiers, 21.

Ilkeston, 91.
Inclosures Notice, 16.
Inebriates, 73.
Inhabitants of Smalley, 44.
Interments in Church, 18.
Inventory of 1552, 20, 23.
Ironworks, 9 (see Cokeyards),

Index

'45

Jackson, Jos., 49.
James, Robt., 37.

Family, 64.

Charity, 64.

Jarvis, Mrs. Harriet, 129.
Jenny-maid, 37.
Jockey, A hopeful, 176.
Joel, the Tailor, 25.
Johnson, Christ., Dr. of
Physic, 78-9; Sons of,

79-
" Jolly Farmer " Inn, 95.

Justice Room, The old, 72.

Kennels, 121.

Kerry Family, 115; Anthony,
34, 63; Henry, 10 1 ;
Henry (butcher), 102-
103; Richd., 26; Saml.,
loi ; Samuel and
Elizab., 34; their win-
dow, 34; Sarah, 34.

Kerry Pasture, old Green
Farm, 6.

Kidsley, or Kiddesley, i, 2,
78; "Farewell to Kids-
ley," verses, by the late
Mrs. W. T. Barber, 106-
107; Farms, 106, 112;
Old Park, in; Park,
100, 104 ; Sacheverell
Tenants, in.

Kirk Hallam, 137; font in
church, 16.

Kyte's Rough and Kyte^s
Lane, 98 ; John, 72.

Labourers, 44.
Lands, Exchange of, 118.
Leyton, Simon de, 132.
Liggate, Cath., 26, 45 ; Mary,
66, 67 ; Saml., 67, 68,

lOI.
L

Linkwood, 122.
Linney, Widow, in.
Little Eaton, 41, 61.
Locko, 138; Park, 64.
Lockoe, John, his charity,

120.
Lowe-Drury, W. D. N., Esq.,

64.
Luard, Rev. Edward, 49.
Luxmoore, Rev. J. R., 50.

Makeney, 123.

Slalim, Rev. A. W., 50.

Manchester Farm, 115;

Wood, 5, 7.
Mapperley, 59, 70, 80.
Martin, 26, 112, 116.
Mass of Requiem, 52.
Mears, Bellfounder, 24.
Mee, Mr. Francis, 75.
Memoranda, Rev. R. Wil-

mot's, 40.
Memorials in Church, 32 ;

Only, 68.
Middleton, 50.
Mill (water), 116; pond, 88,

89 ; brook, 116; Smalley,

5-
Millers, 44.

Milnes, Robt., Esq., 130.

Monogram, Sacred, 37.

Moore, Rev. Hen., 29, 39,

49 j Jos., 102.

Morcar, Earl, 105.

More, Geo., Esq., 119.

Mundy, of Shipley Hall, 29.

Muster Roll, 133.

Naggle-Gate, 26, 93.

Close, 116.

Family, 93, 116.

Needle-makers, 44.
New Bam, 78, 84.

146

Index

Newdigate, F. A., Esq.,

M.P., 95.
Newton family, 114, ii8.
Norman windows, 13.
North Leys, 78.
Noblesworth, 78, 85.
Nunnery, Derby, 121.

Old Church at Smalley, 12.
Oldknow, Mr. Jos., 12, 14-18.
Organ, New, 1863, 31. .
Oxgang, What, 4.

Pack-saddles, 91.
Paget family, 78, 106, 117.
Palmerston, Lord, 128.
Parish Gates, 93.
Park-Hall Farm, 10, n, 70.

Ancient well there, 71.

Parkin, Mr. Saml., 78.

Paupers, 45.

Peach, Rev. Hen., 49.

Peak, Tho., 112.

Pews, 28 ; with locks, 29.

Pewter vessels, 24.

Pide-hill, 78.

Pillory carried off, 70.

Pingle, The, 78.

Place-names, 137.

Platts, J. and M., 112.

Plumtree, Jno., Esq., 113.

Pole, of Radbourme, 114.

Porch, old church, 15, 24;

modem, 27.
Pork butchers, 96.
Porter fam., 74-6.
Post mills, 89.
Potato crop, 41.
Potter fam., 10, 87.
Potters, 45.
Pottery, 45.
Potts, S., 102.
Prehistoric relics, 133.

Pretender, The, 130.
Priest at Smalley in 1086, 11.
Pugin, W., archt., 121.
Pulpit, 28, 31.
Puttenham, Surrey, 95.

Quakers at Kidsley, 109.
Quarantenae, 5.
Quamdon, 129.
Quarry accident, 115; hole,

102.
Brentnalls, 105; Rad-

fords, 98.

Radboume, 114, 118.
Radford family, 24-26, 30,

33» 43» 44, 63, 80,
81, 66, 77, 100, 103,
118, 121, 127, 128.

of Linkwood, 122.

of West Hallam, 122.

Ranters, a blasphemous sect,
109.

Ratcliff-on-Soar, 90.

Raynor, Mrs. Elizab., 99.

Rebuilding Smalley Old
Church, 26.

Redgate, 102, 103.

Registers, Church, 36-9.

Registration, 116.

Republicanism, 43.

Requiem prayers enjoined,

53-
Richardson charities, 61 ;

Eliz., 18, 33, 131;

family, 61, 64, 77-79;

John and Samuel, 32,

58, 81, 82, iii; Patrick,

84, 85, 117; William,

33» 117-
Riley, Jno., par. clerk, 24.

Ringers, 24.

Road, Old, tracks, 10.

Index

147

Roads, Parish, 91.
Robinson, Rev. E. M., 50;

R- H., 59.
Robin Pitts, iii.
Roe, Mr. John, 89.
Rogers fam., 118.
Rolleston pulpit, 5.
Roof of Old Church, 17, 24.
Ropemaker, 45.
Rosary, 52.
" Rose and Crown " Inn, 5, 9,

69, 71, 91.
Rough (Kyte's), 7; The,

Rough, 98.

Close, 85.

Roundabouts, 103.
Royal Arms, 19.

Simon Field, 70 ; Club, 69.
Sitwell (Wilmot), Rev. Her-

vey, 9, 129.

Miss Eliza, 27.

Robt. Sacheverell, Esq.,

120.
Edward Degge, Esq.,

120, 127, 128.
Skegby, 109.
Smallpox ravages, 40.
Smalley Boundary, i ; Name,

I.
Church, 1 1-50 ; new

aisles, 128.

" Farm," 77.

Green, 9.

- — Hall, 77, 81, 131.

Old map of, 104.

^Wood, 5, 7, 78.

Smedley, Geo. and Lydia, 90,

103.
Smedley's Yard, 90.
Smeeton, iii, 112.
Smith, Danl., Quaker, 106 ;

Henry, gent, iii.

Smith, Christopher, of the

Hayes, 40.
Somersall, Herbert, 116.
Spanish Invasion, 133.
Sparstow, Richd., 79.
Spencer fam., 117.
Spinning Jenny, 37.
Spinster, 44.
Stainsby House, 119.
Stanley Common, 93.

^Hall, 72.

Starvation case, 68.

times, 41.

Stathum Charity, 51.

family, 22, 51.

Staveley, 65.
Stocks, 95.

at Puttenham, 95.

Horsley Woodhouse, 96.

Stone axe-hammer, 133, 134.

Stone quarry, 98. f

Sundial, 24.

Sutton, Rev. Tho., 48.

Swearing, 95.

Swine-hill, 5, 6, 7, 9, 102.

Lane, 10, 89 ; farm,

Swingler, Alfred, Esq., 81.
Sword (Ferara), 131.

Taillour, Jno., 77.

Tailors, 44; Wheatcroft,

136.
Tanton Cross, 96.
Tantum, Francis, 84.
Tatam, Madam, 18, 19.
Tate and Brady Psalms,

29.
Taylor's Nook, 78.
Team-work for church, 26.
Ten Commandments, 19.
Thompson, Rev. G., 50.
Thorpe, Rev. F., 50.

148 Index

Tower (church), 14, 37.
Tracery, Perpendicular, 13.
Transepts of 1844, 30.
Tuke, a textile fabric, 23.
Turton, 59, loi, 112.

I Vestments, 23.

I Victuallers, 1 7.

I Village Green, 98.

. Visitation, Bishop's, 41.

i Volunteers, Derby, 102,

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